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Bancroft Family Papers. 
Volume One. 

Paul M. Bancroft,M.D. 

Grace Elizabeth (Jones) Bancroft. 
Pauline (Bancroft) Weldon. 
Dorothy (Bancroft) Hammett. 
Marcus Dunlap Weldon, Ph.D. 

Part One. 

Section One Geneology. 


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Introduction 


The old Harpursville Home* 

Three warnings. 

English Origins 

Coat of Arms. 

Bancroft Name. 

Bancrofts Notable and Notorious. 
Relics from the Past 










THE BANCROFT FAMILY PAPERS 


Volume I 

The Old Harpursville Home. 

The home of Dr. John D. Bancroft was one of the 
largest and finest in the village of Harpursville at the 
mid-19th Century. It was frame, two-story, and of French 
Revival architecture. The grape arbor and gardens added 
both beauty and utility. A large courtyard with appropriate 
wagon shed and bam were convenient for the care of horses 
and milk cows. Across the road and toward the village 
center was the doctor's small office building. The whole 
comprised an appropriate "home place" for this successful 
village doctor and community leader. 

The doctor's home was the happy meeting place for his 
children, grandchildren and numerous cousins, aunts, uncles 
and friends at a time when a visit often was overnight, a 
weekend or a fortnight. Animated conversation brought news 
from near and far when the printed page rarely came more 
than once a month. Music was commonly heard, for this was 
a singing family. The women could play the reed organ, 
Oscar, the accordian, and Caty, the flute. This home was 
indeed the scene of many happy occasions. 

On the death of William Oscar Bancroft, the doctor's 
son, in 1887, all that remained of the family were his sons, 
William and Clark, the doctor's grandsons. The only heir to 
the doctor's estate was his daughter, Mary Catharine (Bancro 
Hobart. She returned from her home in Yonkers to supervise 
the sale of the house and contents. In this she was aided 
by the two boys. In preparation for the sale, they went 
through the house and collected more than 2,000 letters, 250 
diaries, family Bibles, "copy books," scrapbooks, the family 


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library of children's and adult books and magazines. Because 
William wanted to follow his grandfather in the practice of 
medicine, he made a special effort to preserve the medical 
library, instruments, saddle bags, day books and account 
books. All of this material was hastily thrown into small 
camelback trunks and boxes and transported to Aunt Caty's 
home. Even the doctor's medical desk and cupboard was kept 
to serve in her basement as a storage place for her jellies. 

After the sale, Clark went with his aunt to her home and 
Will to Crete, Nebraska where, through the Y.M.C.A., he had 
received an assignment as secretary of the Crete Y.M.C.A. 
which served not only the large numbers of transients who were 
drifting to the West, but also the needs of students on the 
Doane College campus. Clark soon followed his brother to 
Crete where, in time, both entered the Baptist ministry, 
serving small churches in eastern Nebraska under the eagis of 
the Home Mission Society. 

The material collected from the old Bancroft home 
remained in storage, unopened, in Yonkers, until finally our 
father brought them to Nebraska. We children were aware of 
these mysterious boxes in our attic. Father warned us not to 
disturb them. Mother's attitude was different; we have heard 
her plead with him to let her burn "that old stuff that no one 
ever looks at, or ever will." But father, now a very busy 
Baptist minister, would stand his ground and defend what, to 
him, were priceless memorabilia of a happy childhood in his 
grandfather’s home. He repeatedly asserted that some day he 
would open and make proper disposal of these things. But that 
day never arrived. The conflict served to whet our curiosity. 

These strange little trunks and boxes that Aunt Caty 
hoarded, which our father had carefully guarded, finally came to 
Elizabeth and me. Having remained unopened for a century, what 
should we do with "that old stuff that nobody ever looks at, or 
ever will?" The answer came when we opened these boxes. Here 
were priceless objects and records, the collection of nine 


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generations, extending over more than two centuries. 

Records of immigrant Thomas Bancroft, who came to 
Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1640 and was permitted to 
sign the Dedham Covenant, marking him as acceptable to 
membership in that very exclusive society of Separatist 
Puritans. They came from the Colonial period, through the 
Revolution, the westward migration, the Civil War, and 
the difficult reconstruction period. Of particular interest 
to us was the medical revolution of the mid-19th Century, 
which shows the transition from ’’bleeding, purging and 
puking" to scientific medicine. In utter disarray, this 
material was indeed "trash." We felt compelled to preserve 
this material by making a compendium in which information 
would be arranged in chronological order and properly 
indexed. Since these records were fragile, fragmentary and 
discolored, and often difficult to read, we worked as a 
team - Elizabeth read them to me as I typed. We attempted 
to reproduce them verbatim, preserving word and form, whether 
illiterate or scholarly. We did not sort out and discard, 
and added but a minimum of editorial comment. We wished not 
to impose our prejudices or interpretations on subsequent 
readers. We came to know out antecedants very intimately as 
we looked into their very hearts and souls as betrayed in 
very private entries in letters and diaries. There is a 
remarkable display of humility, modesty and integrity, as 
these writers portrayed life as it was in early America. 

Warning #1 

Geneological errors. 

Geneologists work with materials from many different 
sources, all of which are remarkably burdened with errors. 

We are confident of the description of our direct Bancroft 
line. Our sources have been legal records, family Bibles, 
diaries, and numerous letters. If our figures do not agree 
with another's, be careful, they may both be in error. 


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Warning #2 

"Sit not in the scorner's seat." 

When you read of the early medicine which involved 
"bleeding, purging and puking," do not utter the common 20th 
Century nonsence, "How could intelligent men do such things. 

These were intelligent men and their treatment was reasonable 
and logical in the light of available knowledge. Used in 
moderation, their treatment was often beneficial. We use these 
methods today but, with the advent of scientific medicine, we 
know better why, when, and how to use them. To scorn what they 
did is to cast ourselves as arrogant, self-aggrandizing, and 
ignorant of history. We need to remind ourselves that nothing 
is so certain as uncertainty, and nothing so sure as change. 
Humbly, we should acknowledge that what we do today will be 
unacceptable a century from now. Our pride in our achievements 
in advancing medical science should be modest, for what appears 
to be truth today may be only partly true, if true at all, in 
the future. 

Warning #3 

Cast not "the cynic’s ban." 

Some 20th Century readers will ridicule what they feel is 
an excessive religiosity. It is a common observation that when 
man feels he can control his life and that he is safe and secure 
in his own strength, he forgets God. But when he feels insecure, 
helpless and fearful, he turns quickly to God. So the Jews, 
when enslaved or as desert wanderers felt lost, they turned to 
God. Just so the common people of the 15th and 16th Centuries, 
the emerging middle class, weary of the injustices associated 
with the concentration of great power and wealth in the Crown, 
the nobility, and the Roman Church, turned to God as they 
pursued their revolutions. So, too, the early immigrants who 
faced the dangerous Atlantic crossing, starvation, a hard 
climate in a strange land with its hostile Indians, turned to 
God. 


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As late as 1850, when many of these dangers had been 
alleviated, still many young women died with their first 
pregnancy or later on from the effects of too many pregnancies 
in rapid succession, and the mortality among children was 
high. Dr. John D. Bancroft lost three of his five, and his 
son, William Oscar, lost two of his four from contagious 
disease. Many families did well if they saw half of their 
children reach adulthood. Can we possibly understand Rev. 
Martin, when reporting on the illness of his child, when he 
said that "We did not call a doctor for fear he would kill 
her?" He turned to his God in prayer. Is it asking too 
much when we ask you to try to understand these people who 
fervently called upon God as they tried to understand Him 
as they described Him, as a "kindly, heavenly Father, who 
does all things well," who "died that they might live," 
and yet who "chasteneth those He loves," and who "giveth 
and taketh away?" Did they need their God? If we fault 
them, do we not show ourselves as intolerant, self-righteous 
and bigoted? 

We apologize for our imperfections, but make none for 
their words. Can we in our mind’s eye, as Walter Foss would 
have us, sit beside a rugged, Appalachian mountain road and 
be a friend to them? 


Grace Elizabeth (Jones) Bancroft 
Dr. Paul M. Bancroft 





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THE BANCROFT COAT OF ARMS HEREBY ILLUSTRATED IS OFFICIALLY 
DOCUMENTED IN BURKE'S GENERAL ARMORY. THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION 
OF TOE ARMS (SHIELD) IS AS FOLLOWS: 

"OR, ON A BEND BETW. SIX CROSSES CROSSLET AZ. THREE GARBS 
GOLD." 

WHEN TRANSLATED THE BLAZON ALSO DESCRIBES THE ORIGINAL COLORS 
OF THE BANCROFT ARMS AS: 

"GOLD, ON A BAND BETWEEN SIX CROSSES BLUE, THREE GOLD WHEAT 
SHEAVES." 

ABOVE THE SHIELD AND HELMET IS TOE CREST WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS: 

A WHEAT SHEAF BETWEEN TWO WINGS OF GOLD EXPANDED." 

































































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The Bancroft Name. 

Paul M. Bancroft,M.O. 

Pauline Bancroft Weldon. 

Names are taken for granted in youth. Their origin 
becomes a concern of age. More than a century ago, at the 
height of his career, Or. John Demarest Bancrofts quest 
for the derivation of his name led to the following entry 
in his bable,- 

T, Bancroft - From ban (Saxon - the radical 
sense is to send. The first and primary 
sense is a published proclomation or edict, 
a pufalic order or notice, mandatory or pro¬ 
hibitory). Croft (Saxon - a small enclosed 
field). So the first of this name, Bancroft, 
probably was the son of a Saxon lord.iwho was 
expelled from his patrimony by William Rufus 
to make room for his hunting park and forest V* 

This appears to be a sound etymological effort. Un¬ 
fortunately he mentions no author. However, he was a 
scholarly man with an extensive library including diction¬ 
aries by Noah Webster and the English lexicographers 
Oswald and Maunder. Definitions are to be found in the 
latter which are word for word as they appear above. He 
is probably the author. 

There has been no controversy over the meaning of 
"croft". The quaint English villages of Derbyshire and 
adjoining east Cheshire and southeast Lancashire are 
located on narrow winding roads and paths which follow 
the streams and the contours of the hills, unmarred by 
the rectitude of the surveyor T s compass. Here in sturdy 
ivy covered cottages of stone and oak lived the early 
Bancrofts. These villages were surrounded by small irreg¬ 
ularly shaped fields of one to five acres, enclosed by 
neatly trimmed hedges. In local village maps of the 17th- 
Century each of these plots is given a name. A few are 
designated as fields and are given a descriptive prefix; 
ie, Longfield, Hillfield, Marshfield, etc. Most are 
identified as crofts; ie, Hillcroft, Meadowcroft, Daniels- 
croft, Robertscroft, Millcroft, Northcroft, etc. The 
men who cultivated these crofts were commonly called 
crofters. 

The Bancroft coat of arms bears a knight’s helmet and 
shield and on the latter are dispayed six "crossed-cross— 
letsJ These are heraldic symbols given in recognition of 
loyal service to the Crown. But these military emblems 




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are quite subdued. There is no display of swords, spears 
or other small arms. Most conspicuous, at the crest, is 
a sheaf of small grain and displayed across the face of 
the shield are three more sheaves of grain. Below, on a 
banner, where a battle-cry is usually inscribed, is the 
benign assertion,"Dat Oeus Incrementing, (God Gives the 
Increase). This is hardly a "cry" to frighten an armed 
apponent. It appears that one of these men had served 
his king but was better known as a freeman, farmer, land 
owner or in another word, a "crofter”. In the 17th-Cen¬ 
tury the family belonged to the emerging middle class. 

The prefix "Ban" has been the subject of controversy. 
Doctor Bancrofts interpretation, an edict from the ruth¬ 
less King William the Red, evicting an early Bancroft from 
his patrimony, is fascinating. But among the doctor*s 
papers we have found a clipping, from an unidentified New 
York publication, presenting quite a different interpret¬ 
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"Bancroft may be a name derived from 
(Sax) Bane or Banes, meaning white 
or fair and croft, a small enclosed 
field. The name may mean small white 
fields." 

Why this author chose "white" as the meaning of Bane 
we cannot know. It is conceivable that a croft could be 
white from the color of clover blossoms. Had he chosen 
the other meaning,"fair", the interpretation would seem 
more plausible. That early Bancroft who was confronted 
by the necessity of choosing a name might have looked out 
upon his crofts, they were indeed fair, and chose for his 
sur-name Faircroft. Others had done exactly this and 
chose Fairfield, Fairhaven, Fairhi}.l, Fairbanks, Fairview, 
Fairvale, etc., all common English sur-names. Just as 
Fairfield flows off the tongue more easily than Banfield 
so our ancester may have felt Bancroft was more pleasing 
than Faircroft. The meaning is the same. 

Boyes has quoted Smith who would have us believe 
that the Bancrofts were bean farmers and that the name 
was originally Beancroft but in time the ”e" was lost 
leaving the name Bancroft. He also quotes Beardsley 
who interpreted"Bancs* as indicating the crofts were on 
the bank of a stream. It has even been proposed that 
the family was engaged in banking. Such speculation 
seems frivolous. 

Because of the beauty of the Engljsk countryside 
and the attachment men have for their home, the land 
they own and till and the good life on the soil, 
they chose Bancroft in their love for their fair crofts. 


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References 

1. Bancroft, Dr. J.D. 

Family bible and papers in our possession. 

2. Bellamy, V. Nelle, archivist. 

Archives of the Episcopal Church 
Austin, Texas. 

3. Derbyshire, F.S.S. 

Bancrofts of England and America, 

Cheshire, England, 1696. 

4. Maunder, Samuel. 

Dictionary of the English Language. 

London, England, 1630. 

5# Oswald, John. 

Dictionary of the English Language 
London, England, 1634* 

6. Rounds, Harvey. 

The Bancroft Family 
Wilmington, Delaware, 1961. 

7 Webster, Noah. 

Dictionary of the English Language. 

Sherman Converse, New Haven, Conn. 1629 

6 Worcester, Joseph E. 

Dictionary of the English Language, 

Wilkens, Carter & Co., 

Boston, Mass. 1647 

Addendum 

Occasional spelling variations. 

Bancraft 

Barcroft 

Bankruff - by a census enumerator of German descent. 
Croftban - an invention of the doctor himself for 
a very special purpose to be described 
later. 












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English Origins of the Bancrofts. 

Thomas Bancroft, American immigrant, was born 
and reared in Cheatle-Hulme, Derbyshire, England. 
His family had been here for at least three gen¬ 
erations. They were substantial members of the 
yoenanry (1), free-holders, living on their own - 
land, in an area noted for wool production (2) 

Thomas was married in New England. His first 
wife was Elizabeth Metcalf who was born in England. 
In England her family were in comfortable if not 
affluent circumstances during her childhood. In 
1643 the town of Derby supported the King but Derby 
shire was in sympathy with parliament. However, 
we have no record of the Bancrofts nor the Met¬ 
calfs being involved in any overt political con¬ 
flict. There is no evidence that there was any 
urgency about their leaving England. 

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(1) Enc. Brit. Vol. 7; 238-239. 

(2) Historical Geography, J.B.Mitchell, 

English Uni. Press. London EC4 1967 


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The Ancient School Master of Albany, New York. 

Albany was originally a trading post of the Dutch, immi¬ 
gration did not commence until 1630. 

The local authorities were ernestly besought to provide 
a proper school master and physician. Perceiving how necess¬ 
ary such persons were to the establishment of a well constit¬ 
uted Republic, a committee was to build a school house and 
Andries Janz was appointed to take charge of this institution. 
Soon after the first minister was sent over, the company wrote 
as follows,"we appointed at your request a school master who 
shall officiate, at the same time, as a comforter of the sick. 
The Lord grant that he may, for a good long time, exemplify the 
favorable testimony which he carried with him from here.” 

(The best educated of the professionals of the 17th Cent¬ 
ury were the clergy. The only professionals who had any desire 
to risk their lives and suffer the hardships of the colonies, 
were the ministers. They had the biblical injunction to carry 
the "good news" to the heathen. The other professionals had no 
such motivation. Many members of the clergy were given some 
instruction so they could serve "to heal the body as well as 
the soul". In this instance the company could not secure a 
physician who would go to the colony so they sent a school 
master who would also serve a"comforter of the sick". It is 
not easy for us to appreciate the hardships of these people 
many of whom were to die of infectious disease, malnutrition, 
child bed fever, attacks of hostile Indians and others, with¬ 
out medical attention except home remedies, indian medicine 
and the attention of a "comforter of the sick".}P.M.B.) 


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Bancrofts. 

Notable and Notorious. 

"The Furious Bancroft". 

Richard Bancroft, the first protestant Archbishop of 
Canterbury, was the most distinguished Englishman to bear 
this family name. He was born in 1544, son of a humble 
protestant family of Farnsworth, Lancashire. His parents 
were Puritans who opposed the domination of the English 
church by the Pope and the intrusion of his representatives 
into civil government and foreign affairs. They supported 
the replacement of the Pope by the English monarch as head 
of the church, a change once accomplished by Henry VIII. 

Richard was born during the protectorate of Summerset, 
a protestant government. When Catholic Queen Mary, daughter 
of Henry the VIII, was crowned she promptly secured the 
repeal of the anti-papal laws and restored the Pope as head 
of the church. Richard was twelve years of age and sensed 
the fear and the revulsion of all Englishmen as, under 
"Bloody Mary", three hundred protestants were burned at the 
stake. Clerics were "burned" each before his own church, 
in the view of his congregation. This excessive savagery 
failed of its purpose. Nothing fueled the fires of rev¬ 
olution more than this cruelty. 

When protestant Elizabeth succeeded Queen Mary she 
found the Catholics and Protestants in conflict and the 
ranks of the latter divided. She secured anti-papal 
legislation restoring • the monarch as head of the church. 

Her compromise was only partially successful in uniting the 
protestants. One group accepted the existing church govern¬ 
ment with the king at its head. A second crroup preferred 

a presbyterial government. 4 third group, a small minority 
the "Separatists", demanded complete self government f 0 r 
each congregation. They met in secret, refusing to worship 
in the established church. This was looked upon as dis¬ 
loyalty to the king ,or as sedition f a capital offense. They 


were persecuted. 

It was in 1595 at the peak of his adult vigor, that 
Richard, an obscure cleric, attracted the attention of the 
crown through a ’’fiery sermon" in which he attacked the 
"Separatist Puritans". He subsequently benefitted from 
numerous "royal preferments" rising rapidly in the hierarchy 
of the church. On the death of Whitgrift he was elected the 
first protestant Archbishop of Canterbury, sesond only to the 
King as head of the church. 

Richard became Chancellor of Oxford in 1608. In this 
cultural environment,where the Reformation found strong 
support, he made his most enduring contribution to protest- 
antism. Luther advocated a bible in the vernacular of the 
common people in each country. He gave to Germany its first 
bible in German. King James appointed Richard Bancroft 
"chief overseer" of a group of biblical scholars to produce 
such a bible for the English. Their labors produced the 
"King James Version", the success of which is attested to by 
its enduring popularity. 

The vigor with which Richard attacked the problems 
incident to the Reformation gained for him the epithet 
"The Furious Bancroft". His fury was not, however, associ¬ 
ated with "burnings". Apparently his most drastic action 
was to silence a half dozen Presbyterian ministers which may 
have driven them to New England where "dissenters" were 
welcome. 

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The Bancroft Historians- 

Throughout the United States, in cities, towns, and 
villages, there are cities, streets, schools and library 
buildings which bear the name of Bancroft. At the Naval 
Academy stands the Bancroft Hall. Most of these honor the 
name of George Bancroft, the author of the first comprehensive 
history of the United States. In his day, this young 
association of states had developed a fierce nationalism. 


The people of this time had no desire to have their children 
read a history written by an Englishman nor even of a French¬ 
man. Bancroft’s history was welcomed with enthusiasm. 

Modern scientific historians have criticized Bancroft’s 
history for cntaining propaganda. But, I submit, that at the 
time he wrote, this diverse and loosely bound federation of 
states was in great danger of falling apart. We must not 
forget that Vermont once seceded from the Union and later the 
South followed suit. At that time our country needed a 
skillfull propagandist to promote the Union as much as it 
needed Lincoln’s leadership to preserve the Union. 

George Bancroft's line of descent, like ours, begins 

with immigrant Thomas (1),- 

Thomas (l) 

Thomas (2) 


Raham 


(3) 

Samuel 

(3) 

David 

I 

(4) 

Samuel 

(4) 

David 

II 

(5) 

Aaron 

(5) 

David 

III 

(6) 

George 

(6) 

Dr. J 

. D. B . 

(7) 




Although a generation apart, George and Dr. J.D.Bancroft 
were born in the same year, 1800. They grew up in the 
tumultuous years following the Revolution and the war of 1812 
and both contributed in unique ways to the development of 
the Union. We will have opportunity to describe the doctor's 
roll at another time. 

George Bancroft is most often spoken of as an historian, 
but he was much more. He rose to international recognition 
as Secretary of the Navy and was a founder of the Naval 
Academy. Perhaps his greatest contribution was as our 
emissary to France, England, and Germany. He left a perma¬ 
nent impression on the government, foreign affairs,and 
education in the United States. 

Hubert Howe Bancroft won distinction as the historian of 
California and the west coast. His memorabilia are preserved 
in the Bancroft Library on the Berkeley campus and at 
Spring Valley near San Diego. 


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The Farmer Doctors of the Frontier 


PAUL MARTIN BANCROFT, M.D. 


Reprinted from The Nebraska Medical Journal 
October, 1973, Vol. 58, No. 10, p. 371. 






















The Farmer Doctors of the Frontier 


T HE frontier doctor had to till 
the soil if he was to prac¬ 
tice medicine. My great grand¬ 
father, Doctor John Demarest Bancroft 
(1800-1872), 1 failed when he attempted to 
pursue his professional career without farm¬ 
ing. He had taught school for 10 years, and 
abandoned that profession when he realized 
that he could not support a wife on the in¬ 
come of a teacher. It became obvious to 
him that the teachers who survived were 
those who, like his father, farmed as they 
taught. Those who did not, like Ichabod 
Crane, acquired neither wife nor substance. 
He prospered when he finally accepted the 
fact that, like the teacher, the lawyer, 
preacher, tradesman, and the doctor had to 
farm as they rendered their professional 
service. The farmer - doctors played im¬ 
portant roles in the preindustrial pioneer 
culture. 

Born in 1800, only a few months after the 
death of George Washington, Doctor Ban¬ 
croft lived his life in or near Broome County 
in upper New York. In 1828 he “entered 
the practice of Physic and Surgery.” He 
was of medium height and slender. His 
dress was professional and moderately color¬ 
ful. He often wore a purple vest over which 
a gold chain secured his pocket watch. Mod¬ 
erately aggressive he was a leader through¬ 
out his life. In the academy he was an of¬ 
ficer in a literary society and of a social 
club. Later he was a deacon in the Baptist 
Church, active in the Temperance League, 
and in his lodge. He served the Broome 
County Medical Society as a member of its 
Committee on Professional Ethics. His 
concern for the indigent led him to respond 
to the calls of the “County Over-seer of the 
Poor.” He enjoyed literature, music, and 
art, and wrote good poetry, prose, and some 
music. He had a tenor voice and sang in 
choirs and in the popular singing schools. 
The social events associated with “maple 
sugaring,” “barn raising,” and harvesting 
“bees” he enjoyed. While the records of 
the Baptist Church 2 reveal that members 
were censored for “picking berries on the 


PAUL MARTIN BANCROFT, M.D. 


Sabbath, profanity, drunkeness and wife 
beating,” neither he nor any of his family 
were ever so disciplined. His Spencerian 
penmanship, accurate accounting, and order¬ 
liness reflected the habits of an educator. 
Living by the stern moral precepts of the 
Baptist Church, he held the respect of his 
community at a time when alcoholism and 
drug addiction were common among profes¬ 
sional men. He was well prepared for his 
medical responsibilities. 

Doctor Bancroft entered the practice in 
Boonville in the western foothills of the 
Adirondacks. This was the frontier, sparse¬ 
ly settled, and only a few years removed 
from Indian assaults. Farming was diffi¬ 
cult and the times hard. As a bachelor, his 
needs were simple. Appropriate rooms were 
rented in a private home which also provided 
“horsekeep.” His visits were made on horse¬ 
back. No office was required in the sense 
that doctors have offices today, for in that 
time patients were seen in the home, even 
for minor complaints. People came to the 
doctor only for counsel, to obtain medicine, 
report on a patient’s progress, or for very 
minor treatment. 

In the first 12 months of practice, Doctor 
Bancroft made 285 visits to homes, where he 
saw one or more sick people. They came to 
him on 213 occasions. These figures are 
remarkable, for they approach half of the 
numbers that he had at the height of his 
career. This was a good record for his first 
year, and is evidence that he was well re¬ 
ceived as a physician. 

His fee for “visits to the home” was usual¬ 
ly 75c but on occasion $1.00. He would at¬ 
tend a woman in the home for 24 hours or 
more, and deliver her baby for $3.00. For 
pulling a tooth he charged 13c. Superficially 
these fees seem remarkably low. But this 
was not the case. In 1828 an able bodied 
man would work 10 hours for 75c a day. 


A similar man in 1973 would expect the 
minimum legal wage of $1.60 an hour with 
overtime, or about $17.60 a day. If a 
comparison of the value of “man-days” is 
accepted as a criterion of the value of the 
dollar, then in 1828 the dollar was worth 
more than 23 times its value in 1973 — 
($0.75 a day against $17.50 a day). His 
fee of 75c for a home visit would be compar¬ 
able to a fee of $17.25, and his obstetrical 
fee of $3.00 to a fee of $69.00 in 1973. 
These are not small fees. Indeed, they were 
burdensome to the extent that people com¬ 
monly employed midwives, home remedies, 
and patent medicines hoping to avoid calling 
a physician. The sick were seldom seen until 
all else had failed. George Washington 
treated himself for three days and had his 
plantation foreman bleed him before he 
would permit doctors to be called. Cost was 
not the only deterrent to early medical care 
but it was an important one. His fees con¬ 
formed to the fee schedule of his county med¬ 
ical society, and they were the usual fees. 
People found them a burden. 

In 1973, it is most difficult for us to ap¬ 
preciate the value of the currency of 1828. 
The popular coins of that day were i / qc , 
lc, 2c, and 3c pieces, and paper notes of 
3c, 5c, 10c, and 25c denominations. These 
small units had far greater purchasing power 
then and were the useful currency of that 
day. 

Doctor Bancroft made entries in his ac¬ 
count book totaling $364.35 in his first 12 
months of practice. This is almost exactly 
$1.00 a day and seems incredibly small. But 
O’Donnell 3 records that the principal of the 
Fairfield Academy received only $300.00, 
and Doctor Willoughby, a professor in the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons received 
but $800.00 a year. Doctor Benjamin Ellis 4 
the successful clinician under whom Doctor 
Bancroft had his preceptorship, had a cash 
income of but $487,671/2 for the year 1825. 
Doctor Bancroft’s volume of business com¬ 
pared very favorably with that of established 
professional men. He did very well for his 
first year. 

To his dismay, the young doctor could col¬ 
lect only $41.95 in currency, or less than 
$4.00 a month. He did accept some food and 


homemade clothing for himself, hay and 
grain for his horse, the services of the black¬ 
smith, the shoemaker, the “tinker,” and the 
“wheel-wright” to the amount of $73.30 to 
satisfy unpaid accounts. His total income 
for the first 12 months was $115.25 or less 
than $10.00 a month. He could not live on 
this income. 

While a student in the medical college, 
Doctor Bancroft became engaged to Laura 
Birdsall (1806-1882). He was 28 years of 
age and had nearly completed his education. 
While this commitment seemed appropriate 
at that time, it now appeared that he would 
be unable to support a wife. He suggested 
that they postpone their marriage. She, 
however, recognized that he had been well 
received by the community and that his ac¬ 
counts receivable were adequate. She was 
also aware that in this agricultural commun¬ 
ity it was most unusual for a doctor to be 
paid at the time of his service. It was cus¬ 
tomary to meet these obligations when the 
sale of crops or livestock made this conveni¬ 
ent. She was confident that the second year 
of practice would see better returns. With 
this hope, they were married on October 29, 
1829. Then came the disastrous depression 
of 1830 in which their hopes were destroyed. 
They simply could not live on the meager 
income from his otherwise successful prac¬ 
tice. 

Financial failure was not uncommon for 
young frontier doctors. Seward 5 found 
that of the 30 who entered practice in Broome 
County, New York, prior to 1830, eleven left 
the county within two years. Eighteen, or 
more than half of them, had abandoned their 
practices within five years. Of the remain¬ 
ing 12 who were able to stay, not one de¬ 
pended solely on the income from his prac¬ 
tice. All had two or more additional sources 


of income, as— 

Farmer . 12 

Merchant .. 8 

Industrialist... 2 

Druggist... 2 

Judge . 2 

Editor . i 

Tavern keeper . l 









Stage coach line operator_ 1 

Teacher. 1 

Postmaster .. 1 

Land speculator. 1 


These 12 were resourceful men. They 
were the leaders who promoted the develop¬ 
ment of transportation, industry, and com¬ 
merce as the simple agrarian society moved 
into the industrial revolution. Those who 
lacked the genius or the energy to develop 
multiple sources of income left the profession 
for other occupations. 

Most of the eminent men of American 
medical history did not suffer such eco¬ 
nomic hardship. These men 6 like the two 
William Shippens and Charles Ridgely, were 
sons of wealthy English families; or Isaac 
Rand, John Redman, Benjamin Rush, Na¬ 
thaniel Saltonstall, John Thomas, Samuel 
and Cotton Tufts, and others were the sons 
of substantial American families of the 
eastern seaboard. They were educated in 
Boston, New York City, or Philadelphia, and 
completed their study in Europe. They 
practiced in the metropolitan centers. They 
had wealth and avoided the frontier. 

Doctor James Tilton, 6 however, returned 
to the village of Dover, Delaware, where he 
encountered financial difficulty and “was 
able to practice in consequence of pecuniary 
help — afforded by Thomas Collins,” a rela¬ 
tive. 

Doctor Daniel Drake 7 who entered prac¬ 
tice in Cincinnati, Ohio wrote “I am heartily 
sick and tired of living in the midst of so 
much difficulty and embarrassment.” He 
and his associate were “lucky if they could 
collect one fourth of the two to six dollars 
a day they put on their books.” 

Of the young doctors of the frontier who 
abandoned the practice, some became ex¬ 
plorers. One discovered the Appalachian 
Trail from New England to the South. Rich¬ 
ard Dunlap 8 estimated that 1500 of them 
joined the Gold Rush. It was Doctor For- 
geard who assayed the gold found at Sut¬ 
ter’s Mill. Some gained great wealth manu¬ 
facturing and selling patent medicines. 
Some joined the faculties of schools as botan¬ 
ists, pharmacologists, anatomists, physiolo¬ 


gists, or chemists. Orcott 9 memorialized the 
life of Doctor C. C. Parry* who settled in 
Davenport, Iowa, where he practiced less 
than a year before becoming a teacher of 
botany. Unable to survive on the income de¬ 
rived from the medical practice, these young 
men became pioneers in many fields and con¬ 
tributed much to the development of the 
young “Confederation of States.” 

On May 11, 1830, the discouraged Ban¬ 
crofts accepted the invitation of her father, 
John Birdsall (1763-1850) to come to his 
farm near Huntsville, New York. He and 
his daughter had confidence in the integrity 
and the professional competence of her hus¬ 
band. They realized that the country was 
in the midst of a severe depression. Many 
factors had been operating to depress the 
economy. 

There had been almost continuous warfare 
with either the English, French, Spanish, or 
American Indians. The industrial revolution 
in New England had created many financial 
problems. Tariffs had been a burden. The 
National Bank was under presidential at¬ 
tack. The privilege of printing paper money 
had been abused. With currency inadequate 
in amount and its value distrusted, the pi¬ 
oneer economy continued to depend to a large 
extent upon the barter of farm produce, 
goods, and services. 

On the frontier all men were farmers. 
Those who developed a special skill still 
farmed as they rendered a special service. 
As farmers serving farmers they could ex¬ 
change farm produce or labor for profes¬ 
sional services. Little currency was re¬ 
quired. 

The Birdsalls were confident that Doctor 
Bancroft’s financial failure stemmed from 
his inability to accept barter for his services. 
It was decided that the young couple should 
settle on a farm as he reentered his profes¬ 
sion. That he was less confident of this plan 
than his wife and her father is understand¬ 
able. He had taught school from the age 
of 16 to 26 years, and did not think of him¬ 
self as a farmer. Furthermore, he had seen 
his father lose two farms, one in the de¬ 
pression of 1808-1809 and the other in the 

*Dr. C. C. Parry discovered and described the Colorado blue 
spruce. He is related to Mrs. Paul M. Bancroft. 






panic of 1819. To him farming did not look 
like either an easy or sure way to financial 
success. 

In 1880, the Bancrofts settled on the Pike 
farm, in rural Colesville in northern Broome 
County. Again he was well received by the 
community. But now he prospered. His 
cash income remained small, but now he 
could accept horses, cattle, swine, sheep, and 
poultry; tons of hay and many bushels of 
grain; lumber and building materials; farm 
implements and tools; women sewed for the 
entire family, the cobbler made their shoes, 
the blacksmith kept their horses shod; and 
men worked at plowing, planting, cultivat¬ 
ing, harvesting, and building. All in various 
ways satisfied their indebtedness for medical 
care. Add all this to the produce from his 
own farm and he now had the means to pur¬ 
chase and improve his farm, furnish his 
home, clothe his family, and have abund¬ 
ance on his table. 

The extent to which barter took the place 
of currency is revealed in 413 of his ac¬ 
counts. 185 or 44% were settled without 
the use of currency. 109 or only 26% were 
closed with currency alone. 304 or 73% of 
all accounts were paid all or in part by barter. 
Hence the necessity for him to have a farm. 

In 1834 the need for another medium of 
exchange became apparent. There were 
those who had neither currency nor produce 
due to hardship or to the time required for 
crops or livestock to become marketable. 
To meet this need, he began to accept per¬ 
sonal notes. He developed a large note file 
like that of a small bank. He held these 
notes until they were redeemed with inter¬ 
est, or he used them to satisfy his own obli¬ 
gations. These notes as they exchanged 
hands served as currency. In a community 
without a bank the doctor facilitated busi¬ 
ness transactions to the benefit of the entire 
community as he solved his own economic 
problems. 

From 1832 to 1837, Doctor Bancroft’s in¬ 
come stabilized at about $500.00 a year. Of 
this amount, about $200.00 was in cash. On 
this he could live well. But the cash income 
did not satisfy him. He sought other ways 
of financial betterment. In 1837 he joined 


with an uncle in the purchase of a tract of 
timberland in Michigan. This they were 
able to turn to great advantage within a 
year. As a result, in 1838 he was able to 
buy a good farm near Harpersville, New 
York; one of the finest homes in that village 
and several acres of meadow. 

The move to the village added to the doc¬ 
tor’s prestige and improved his income. In 
1838 and 1839 his gross income was ap¬ 
proximately $800.00 a year, half of which was 
in currency. In that day if a man could sup¬ 
port his family on the produce of his farm 
and the produce, goods and services received 
in barter and have $400.00 currency clear 
each year, he was wealthy. He now pos¬ 
sessed a large well-stocked farm, and his home 
was indeed a village showplace. He drove 
the finest horses and rigs in the town. His 
practice was active and he grew in profes¬ 
sional stature. He was used as a consultant 
by neighboring doctors and attended them 
and their families when they were ill. He 
became a “doctor’s doctor.” 

In 1843, at the height of his career he had 
to recognize the hard fact that he was ill 
with “active pulmonary consumption.” He 
had had a bitter experience with this disease. 
His mother had died of it when he was 
eight years old. His father had “chronic 
lung disease” for years. And two of Doctor 
Bancroft’s own children had died of “con¬ 
sumption” in adolescence. Recognizing the 
gravity of his illness, he retired from the prac¬ 
tice and sought fresh air and sunshine on the 
farm. Here his disease became arrested and 
he lived to 71 years, devoting his later years 
to land speculation. 

Conclusion 

It has been suggested 10 that the young 
doctors of the frontier left to seek greater 
prestige and social and cultural advantages 
in the metropolitan centers. This was true 
of Doctor Guy, Doctor Spaulding, and a few 
others. This study, however, suggests that 
most left out of sheer necessity. In the first 
half of the 19th century, a physician simply 
could not live on the cash income from a 
frontier practice. This was not peculiar 
to New York State, but was characteristic 


of the agrarian-pioneer culture prior to the 
industrial revolution. 

In 1973 we encounter difficulty in attract¬ 
ing young doctors to rural practices. But 
economic hardship is not the over-riding 
consideration. Many communities are ready 
to provide a young doctor with a new clinic 
facility, a good community hospital and a 
guaranteed income. But the young men of 
today are drawn to the metropolitan centers 
by the desire to specialize, to have access to 
consultants, to have better hospitals, and to 
secure for their families certain social and 
cultural advantages. Money is not the over¬ 
riding issue today. 

References 

1. The personal diaries, day books, account book, 
letters and papers of Doctor J. D. Bancroft; numer¬ 
ous diaries of his wife, children and others as well 
as many letters, the originals being in the posses¬ 
sion of the author, and copies of which are in the 
personal libraries of his sons, John M. Bancroft 


and Doctor William H. Bancroft. It is anticipated 
that this material will be placed in the library of 
the Broome County Historical Society in Bingham¬ 
ton, New York. 

2. The minutes of the meetings of the Harpers- 
ville Baptist Church, now in the possession of the 
secretary of that Church. 

3. O’Donnell TC: Tip of the Hill. Black River 
Books, Boonville, New York, 1953. 

4. The personal diary of John Demarest Ban¬ 
croft. 

5. Seward WF: Men and Manners of Long Ago. 
Vol. I, pp 219-230, and Vol. II, pp 471-475; Lewis 
Hist. Pub. Co., 1924. 

6. Wilkinson: Annals of Binghamton 1840. Re¬ 
printed by Vail Ballou Press, Binghamton, 1969; 
Lawyer WH: Binghamton 1800-1900, Century Me¬ 
morial Pub. Co., 1900; French Dr. SH: Biographical 
Sketch of the Medical Profession of Broome Coun¬ 
ty, 1851. 

7. Thatcher J: American Medical Biography, 
Vol. II, Richardson & Lord and Cotton & Barnard, 
Boston, 1828. 

8. Dunlap R: Doctors of the American Frontier. 
Doubleday and Co., New York, 1965. 

9. Orcott CR: West American Scientist, Vol. 
VII, Whole Number 50, pp 1-5, June 1890. C. R. 
Orcutt Pub., San Francisco. 

10. Personal conversations. 









































































































RELICS FROM THE PAST 


Elizabeth Jones Bancroft 

For generations the Bancroft attics have held some small wooden 
chests and camel back trunks (12" x 14" x 24"). The trunks are covered 
with deer hide, the hair on which is almost all worn off. The initials 
J.D.B. are outlined on the lids with ornamental upholstery tacks. This 
identifies them as once belonging to Doctor J. D. Bancroft, my husband's 
great-grandfather who was born in 1800, married in 1829 and died in 1872. 

The age of the chests and trunks is not known. But they are lined 
with newspapers bearing the date 1829. Children in the family have al¬ 
ways known these chests were important and were never to be disturbed 
for they had belonged to ancestors that once lived in New York State. 

In due course these chests came to reside in our attic at the end 
of a long trail running through the lives of four generations and into 
the states of New York, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, back to Wisconsin, 
Michigan, and finally back to Nebraska again. 

From a basement in Yonkers, New York, where it had been used to 
hold jams and jellies, we recovered the combination office desk and 
cabinet which had once stood in the office of Doctor Bancroft. From 
Los Angeles we secured the couch and matching ottomans which once 
graced the parlor of the Doctor's home. 

Opening the chests was like opening the corner stone of an old build 
ing, for they contained papers and objects which portray the lives of peo 
pie in early America. The Doctor's medical saddle bags, instruments, 


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drugs, medical books, diaries, day books, account books, legal papers, 
and letters which make it possible to arrange his things in his cabinet- 
desk as though he had worked at it yesterday instead of one hundred and 
fifty years ago. 

The chests also contained numerous diaries, letters, children’s 
books, adult books and other items belonging to other members of the 
family. 

By an analysis of the Doctor’s day books, account books and his cor¬ 
respondence we can tell how many patients he saw on any given day from 
1928 to 1872, where he saw them, their complaints, his treatment, often 
the outcome, his fee and how the fee was paid. His accounts reveal much 
of a troublesome era. In the frontier culture of 1828 money was scarce. 
Due to recessions and panics and an inadequate currency people had little 
money. Trade depended largely on barter. 

In 1828 Doctor Bancroft, a bachelor, entered practice in Booneville, 
New York, in the western foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. This was 
a sparsely settled forest area, still a hunting ground for Indians. This 
was the frontier. He was well received by the community and his practice 
grew rapidly. Although he saw a good number pf patients he could not 
collect enough money to live on. As a bachelor living in rented rooms 
he could accept very little in barter. From the stand point of medical 
practice his first year was a striking success but financially it was a 
failure. 

During this time he met, corresponded with and became engaged to 
Laura Birdsall, the daughter of a well to do farmer and business man. 

As the day approached for their marriage he explained his difficulty and 
proposed that they postpone their marriage. She, however, felt that his 
collections should improve in his second year of practice and insisted 


on their marriage. However his second year proved a financial disaster 
in spite of a good practice. Discouraged they abandoned the practice in 
Booneville and returned to her father's farm where he helped with the 
farm operation. 

After much discussion, Mr. Birdsall convinced the young couple 
that, with money in short supply, Doctor Bancroft could not hope to live 
on his cash collections. He pointed out that the professional man and 
the tradesman had to be in a position to accept farm produce in return 
for their services. If his son-in-law wished to practice medicine he 
would need to operate a farm so he could accept farm animals, grain and 
other produce in return for his services. Following this advice the young 
couple rented a farm in a better established community and began farming 
as he re-entered the practice of medicine. Now they prospered for he was 
able to accept sheep, cattle, swine, horses, tons of hay and grain, farm 
implements, lumber, potatoes, apples and garden truck. Men gave their 
time to plant, cultivate, harvest and store his crops and women made 
suits for him, dresses and hats for his wife and clothes for the children; 
the shoe maker kept them all in shoes, busy looms produced carpets & 
cloth and the blacksmith kept the horses shod; all in their various ways 
paying for their medical service by barter. The Doctor now could buy 
his farm, have it well stocked, build a large home, have it well furnished 
and have plenty on the table without need for much money. More than half 
his income came through barter. 

Our interest in reconstructing the medical practice of Doctor Bantr 
croft aroused our interest in his family, his relatives, friends, and the 
people of the community he served. What were these people like who lived 
in the first 100 years of our country’s independence? How did they live? 
What was their dress, their manners, their occupations. Descended from 


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the Puritans who settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1640, they were 
Baptists who fled from England for their lives and the right to worship 
without molestation. What were they like? Were they narrow minded, 
bigoted, and self-righteous as the term Puritan was intended to imply? 

Now that we have retired and have the time and the responsibility 
of making some proper disposal of this valuable collection we have dis¬ 
covered the task a fascinating one. We are in the process of reviewing 
all this material. We have made an analysis of the Doctor’s account 
books. The results of this study have been presented to historical soci¬ 
eties in New York State and have also been published in the Nebraska 
State Medical Journal. 

We have read nearly 2,000 letters and numerous diaries. We have ex¬ 
cellent deguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes and photographs, paintings, 
products of the crafts which tell so much of these middle class people, 
who typify the pioneers of the Northern States. We have come to know 
them and love them in a very personal way. 

We have spent three summers in Harpursville, Broome County, New York, 
the scene of Doctor Bancroft's major practice. From an old ambrotype we 
readily recognized the old family home. It is a large two and a half 
story house which is "T" shaped, with two large fire places and three 
chimneys. It is remarkably well preserved. Last summer through the 
generous hospitality of the present owners we were entertained for din¬ 
ner in this fine old home. It was indeed enjoyable to eat a meal in the 
delightful atmosphere of the dining room which had seen so much warm and 
affectionate living. Our hosts were most gracious. 

In the old church-yard cemetery we found the lot where Doctor 
Bancroft and his family were buried and near by that of his son Oscar and 
his family. The sexton admitted us to the church where we saw the names 


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of family members preserved in the stained glass windows and the choir 
loft in which every member of this musical family had sung and the place 
where the organ stood where the Doctor’s daughter and granddaughter had 
contributed their talent to the worship service. 

In one of his letters to his daughter Doctor Bancroft said, ”1 find 
nothing in the scriptures", to indicate that the wholesome "pleasures of 
Christian young people were sinfull". This he wrote to her when she was 
away from home in a female seminary and had encountered the narrow view 
that all pleasure was sinful. There is much^ that the simple social life 
of the frontier had many enjoyable events, sleigh rides, ice skating, 
gatherings to eat hot maple sugar, harvesting bees, barn raisings, popu¬ 
lar singing schools, literary societies, "Ball plays", church events, 
county fairs, traveling circuses, political conventions with their torch 
light parades, and many others. These events she and her family had 
participated in and enjoyed. The Doctor reassured his daughter and in so 
doing revealed himself as quite tolerant, liberal and thoroughly Christian. 

But along with the frontier pleasures there was much tragedy and 
pathos. In the cemetery are the graves of Oscar Bancroft’s two wives. 

His first died in the first year of their marriage of "child bed fever" 
after a difficult labor which cost the lives of both mother and babe. 

There are also the graves of three children out of the Doctor’s family 
of five and two from Oscar’s family of four. These children and many 
others died of infectious diseases, diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid 
fever, tuberculosis and others for which there was no preventive or cure 
such as we have today. It is difficult for us to visualize a time when 
so many young women died in child birth and when parents did not expect 
to see more than half of their children reach adulthood. This appalling 
loss seemed inevitable to them and was quietly accepted as "the will of 



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God". 

The letters we have read portray an exciting period of rapid change. 
As a student Doctor Bancroft witnessed the filling of the newly completed 
Erie Canal. This development facilitated the migration west by provid¬ 
ing aa easy water route in place of difficult passage over mountain 
roads by wagon and stage coach. They witnessed the development of the 
steam boat which facilitated traffic between New York City and Albany at 
the eastern end of the Erie canal and between Buffalo and the many Great 
Lake ports at the western end of the canal. They saw the horse drawn 
railroad cars and later the steam locomotive and the rapid expansion of 
the railroads which largely replaced the canal system. 

The form of letters went through remarkable change. Our earliest 
letters had no envelopes. They were folded in such a manner as to place 
the writing on the inside and leave a blank space on the outside for the 
address. They were sealed with sealing wax. Since there were no stamps 
the amount paid for postage was simply written on the letter. The first 
envelopes were manufactured in 1839. For ten years they were hand made 
and expensive. It was not till 1849 that machine manufacture made enve¬ 
lopes sufficiently inexpensive for general use. Adhesive postage stamps 
were first issued in 1847. Postage was cancelled at first by free hand 
ink marks, later by locally designed rubber stamps which were finally 
standardized by the federal postoffice. Our letters were difficult to 
read, partly because Puritan thrift demanded maximum utilization of paper 
and postage. The first letters were written with fine pens and small 
script. Also, occasionally some one would write a full page and turn it 
around and write across that which had been written. If a writer could 

not fill out a page he often apologized or found someone else who could 
fill out the page. In family correspondence thrift led to the careful 


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steaming apart of an envelope, turning it inside out, repasting and using 
it again. Thus we find envelopes with an address and stamp on both the 
outside and inside. 

Reading these letters has often required the use of a magnifying 
glass, very good light and great patience. Fading of ink or deteriora¬ 
tion of paper was rarely a problem for the papers used then were much bet¬ 
ter than the papers used today. 

As women corresponded with other women they often included a sample 
of the cloth they were using in dress making. In the late 1700’s and 
early 1800 f s dress materials were extremely light and soft. Materials 
mentioned and exchanged were cambric, lawn, delaine, printed cotton, 
cashmere, silk, satin, velvet, merino and flannel. A rough or "Betsie", 
of fine lawn or lace, was worn around the neck of high necked dresses. 

Home spun materials had been replaced by the products of the commercial 
loom. 

By 1828 they were using more patterned material of printed cotton, 
chintz, chalis (a mixture of wool and silk), cashmere, merino, silks and 
colored gauzes. In 1860 women were wearing gored skirts of plain silk, 
watered silk, grograins, and satin. For evening wear, gauze, tulle, and 
tarlatan. For trim they used cross-way material, braid, cord (black or 

i 

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white), fringe, beaded braids, belts and sashes and bows long ends, 
lace flounces and pleatings of paper thin ribbons and flowers. Hoop S •' 

skirts were popular for dress occasions. 

The white wedding gown, so popular today, was not mentioned by these 
middle class women of upper New York. They spoke of wearing seal brown 
or old gold. It would appear that white was rarely worn except by Euro¬ 
pean nobility, the wealthy plantation owners of the old South or the 
wealthy industrialists of New York, Boston or Philadelphia. Among the 


middle class of the Northern States who had to travel by horse over un¬ 
paved roads and who did not have slaves to wait on them, white was simply 
impractical, even for wedding gowns. 

One of the interesting revelations of our letters is that these 
people were deeply religious but not narrowly sectarian, that is, while 
they were Baptists, they frequently attended Methodist, Presbyterian and 
Congregational churches. And the ministers of these denominations fre¬ 
quently exchanged pulpits. The Bancrofts were interested in the Sunday 
School movement and all participated as teachers. 

The women of Harpursville Baptist church organized a womens associ¬ 
ation and prayer group with a membership of about fifteen. They met in 
each other’s homes and paid dues of twenty five cents at each meeting. 
They enjoyed a sense of humor which was expressed by the election of 
Oscar Bancroft to membership in their group and then they elected him 
treasurer so that he would take care of their finances. Their money was 
to be used to buy furnishings for the church. During and after the Civil 
War they sent clothing and other supplies to the "freed men" of the 
South and to the Indians in the West. 

During the Civil War Doctor Bancroft, then retired from practice, 
went to Fortress Monroe, Virginia as a missionary to the "Freed" blacks. 
His 'long letters home describe so well the hostility of the Southern 
whites and the great need of the suddenly freed blacks, who were without 
education, without skills in any trade and unable to govern themselves. 

The holidays are frequently mentioned in correspondence. Thanks¬ 
giving and Christmas were primarily occasions for appropriate religious 
services and occasions for large family dinners. Gift giving and greet¬ 
ings were modest and did not become commercialized till much later. 

Reading these many letters, diaries and other records written by 


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folks one hundred and fifty years ago has given us an intimate knowledge 
of these individuals which probably exceeds that of our personal friends 
today. We have trespassed on the privacy of personal correspondence and 
the very intimacy of diaries. We have come to know these folks, admire 
and respect them, indeed to love them warmly and to recognize our debt to 
them. As Wilferd Peterson has said, "No man stands alone. Through all 
the centuries of recorded time, men have set in motion influences that 

affect-life today-.", or (we) M -are the heir of the ages. Men 

reaching for the stars have created for "(us) —"a world of wonder and 
challenge-". 
















































































ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 


Disaster struck the Bancroft family of Harpursville, 

New York. In the brief span of fifteen years, six members 
of the family died of "consumption." Only our father, 
William, at nineteen years, and his brother Clark, at twelve 
years, were left. Their Aunt Caty, Mary Catharine (Bancroft) 
Hobart of Yonkers, New York, daughter of Dr. J. D. Bancroft, 
was his only heir. The proceeds from the sale of the 
property went to her. The trunks and boxes of memorabilia 
were shipped to Yonkers to be stored in her home. Both boys 
had active pulmonary disease. She took Clark back to Yonkers 
to be under her care. Dr. Guy, of Harpursville, knew that 
people with lung disease often improved if they went west. 

On his advice, William went to Crete, Nebraska, a move made 
possible by his appointment as Director of the Crete Y.M.C.A. 
In a few years, Clark followed his brother to Crete and, in 
this environment, both recovered to lead long lives, rear 
good families, and serve the newly settled "West" as 
ministers in the Baptist denomination. 

Eventually, Aunt Caty expressed a desire to get rid of 
the as yet unopened chests of memorabilia from Harpursville. 
Over mother’s objections, father had them sent to Nebraska 
to be stored in our attic. Subsequently, they were freighted 
to pastorates in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and back to 
Nebraska. I have seen my mother, in tears, pleading with my 
father to get rid of "that old stuff that no one has, or 
ever will read." She was concerned with the present needs 
of her growing family and resented the cost of freighting 
this "worthless stuff" that had remained unopened for nearly 
100 years. He assured the family that some day he would open 
these chests, but that day never came. He died at eighty- 
six years. What was it that he had so jealously guarded? 

Was it, indeed, trash? 


As our siblings of the tenth American generation of 
Bancrofts moved into retirement residences, father's myste¬ 
rious hoard came to reside in our attic. It became our 
responsibility to dispose of it. A survey of the Harpursville 
collection revealed material that vividly portrayed the real 
life experience of upper middle class families of rural and 
village community leaders who lived through the tumultuous 
times of the Colonial Period, the Revolution and its aftermath, 
the Civil War, and the political, social and professional 
crises of the 19th Century. This was indeed "trash," as 
mother said, in its utter disorder. We decided to make it an 
historical resource by preserving all of it in a compendium, 
arranged in chronological order and properly indexed. We 
sympathize with our mother, who married a man with a penchant 
for saving old things. Many wives who have had to put up with 
his old hats, shoes, fishing tackle, etc. will understand her. 
But we are greatly indebted to him who, although he loved her 
very much, stoutly defended his hoard at all costs, that we 
might know more about our "roots." 

This undertaking would have been impossible had not 
Elizabeth patiently read some 2,000 letters, usually in small 
feminine hand, at times rendered most difficult by "inter¬ 
lining" and "cross writing," and this at times on paper 
yellowed with age or water-stained. There were 150 diaries 
which presented much the same difficulties. I think she 
might have wearied with this task did she not become deeply 
attached to the women who, like her, had lived with Bancroft 
men. 

Important monitary contributions, additional family 
records and constructive criticism from Hobart and Irene 
(Hastings) Bancroft, Marcus and Pauline (Bancroft) Weldon, 

David and Dorothy (Bancroft) Hammett have been most helpful. 

Our children of the next generation have contributed their 
family records to bring this collection up-to-date. 


Elizabeth and I have spent three summers in upper New 
York. In Harpursville, we met and enjoyed the generous 
hospitality of Clara and Robert Euker, present owners of the 
old Bancroft home, which they are restoring. This experience 
was highlighted by a fine dinner in the very dining room 
where the family met 150 years before. It was of this room 
that William Oscar wrote, describing an evening scene, "The 
large oil lamp in the center of the table provided light for 
mother at her sewing, Caty with her school work, Ernest with 
his book, and grandpa has fallen asleep in his chair, his 
book dropping to the floor." 

In Windsor, we met and were entertained by Marge 
Hinman, official historian of Broome County, who took us 
through the Roberson Museum in Binghamton where the county 
historical collection is on display. In Tunnel we met 
Mrs. Leone Jacob, official historian for Colesville Town¬ 
ship, who showed us through the Old Onaquaga Historical 
Museum in Harpursville. In Buffalo, we met Richard Williams, 
a genealogist, who has made a particular study of the inter¬ 
relationships between the "old families" of upper New York. 

He has demonstrated that the Bancrofts are indeed remotely 
related to all three of these historians. Their hospitality 
was most generous, and with each we made mutually beneficial 
exchanges of information. 

We have received valuable information from the Mormon 
Genealogical Library in Salt Lake, the Harbor Masters Col¬ 
lection in New York City, the National Archives, and the 
D.A.E.. National Library. Of special interest have been the 
small village libraries and museaums in the Mohawk, Hudson 
and Susquehanna Valleys. 

The librarians of the Nebraska State Historical Society, 
the University of Nebraska libraries, and the Lincoln City 
libraries and many others have been very helpful. 


While other men have set up the great stones at Stone¬ 
henge and pyramids in Egypt and Central America to prove to 
future generations that they lived and did monumental things, 

I have produced a monumental record of my poor typing. To 
compensate for this fault, we have, when possible, included 
photocopies of the originals that faithfully portray the 
spelling, penmanship, and form of the writer. For this, 
there need be no apology, even for Melinda Crofut, who was 
quite illiterate in a day when institutions of higher learning 
were for men only, and the "Female Seminaries" were for the 
daughters of wealth. 


Paul M. Bancroft 


Bancroft Family Papers* 
Volume One. 

Paul M. Bancroft,M.D. 

Grace Elizabeth (Jones) Bancroft. 


Section One Geneology. 





















































Volume One 


Part 1 

Table of Contents. 


Geneology 

Direct male line. 1640 to 1900, nine generations 32 


Colonial Bancrofts 34 Charts 

Pedigree Chart of David II (5) I 

Family, Lt. Thomas (1) immigrant 2 

** Thomas (2) 3 

" Raham (3) 4 

■ David I (4) 5 


Our Bancrofts of the Westward Trek 

Pedigree of Rev. William k Rev* Clark, 9th Generation 
Family of David II (5) 

" David III (6) doctor 

* John Demarest (7) doctor 

* Wm. Oscar (8) 

* Rev. William Demarest(9) Clergyman 
Pedigree Chart of Helen "Pet n O’Hara) Bancroft 
Family of Samuel O’Hara 

■ Clark Hobart Bancroft (9) Clergyman 


6 

7 

8 
9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 


Our Bancrofts of the 20th Century 
Family of Hobart David Bancroft (10) 

Pedigree of Benjamin Franklin Hastings 
Family of Pauline Mayham (Bancroft) Weldon (10) 

" Paul Martin MD. (10) 

Pedigree Grace Elizabeth (Jones) Bancroft 
Family of Dorothy Louisa (Bancroft) Hammett % (10) 
Pedigree of David Mills Hammett Jr. 

Family of Laura (Bancroft) Dunsmore - no issue (10) 
» Marion (Bancroft) Cutler (10) 

" Catharine (Bancroft) Bruce (10) 

■ Elmore Bancroft (10) 

*» Eleanore(Bancroft) Yoakan . 

Pedigree Janine Louise Yoakam (11) 

Family of Mary Catharine (Bancroft) Sloan (11) 

" John Morgan Bancroft . . 

Pedigree Robert Bancroft.(12) 

Family of Dr. William Hobart Bancroft (11) 


15 
15b 

16 
18 

19 

20 
21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 


Family of James Marcus Weldon 

" Or, John David Bancroft (12) 

n Barbara Jo (Bancroft) Cowan (12) 

■* Paul Douglas Bancroft. Atty (12) 

" Nancy Marie (Bancroft) (12) 

" ' Margaret "Peggy" (Hammett) Richards(11)9 

" Elizabeth "Betty" (Hammett)Oegnan (11)40 

" Pa\ila (Hammett) Bales (11) 41 

Pedigree of Grace Elisabeth (Jones) Bancroft 42 


Chart 

32 

33 
36 
35 
38 


Or. John David Bancroft (12) 

" Wm. Oscar Bancroft (8) 

The Oothoudts 

Family of Jan Jans Oothout' 

" Hendrick Jans Oothout 

" Volkert Oothout 

* Judge Hendrick Oothout 
Pedigree of Judge Hendrick Oothout 

The Birdsalla 

Family of Henry Birdsall (1) 

" Nathan Birdsall (2) 

" Benjamin Birdsall (3) 

Nv' Nathan Birdsall (4) 

" John Birdsall (5) 

* John Birdsall (6) 

" Lemuel Birdsall (6) 

1 " Timothy Birdsall (6) 

" Squire Birdsall (6) 

4 

" Laura(Birdsall) Bancroft (7) . 

" John Birdsall (7) 

« Micheal Birdsall (7) 

" Benjamin Birdsall (7) 

" Nathan Birdsall (7) 

" Tacy(Birdsall) Shepherd (7) 

" John Oscar Birdsall (7) 

" Susan (Birdsall) Pearce (7) 

" Henry Birdsall (7) s of John 

" Henry Birdsall (7).s of Squire 

" John Ira Birdsall (8) - 

" William Birdsall (8) 

" William H. Birdsall 

" Edwin Birdsall (8) 

" Henry Birdsall (8) 

" Albert Birdsall (8) 

" Wm. Oscar Bardsall (8) 

" John A. J. Birdsall (8) 

* Dr. Samuel Birdsall (8) 

" Rev, William I, Birdsall (8) 

« *’<v ; G.A. Birdsall (9) 

Pedigree of John Birdsall Sr, (5) 

" Laura (Birdsall ) Bancroft (7). 

" John Birdsall Jr, (6) 

» Micheal Birdsall (7) 

" George H, Birdsall (8) 

" Granville A, Birdsall (9) 


4 


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44 


46 

47 

48 

49 

50 


51 

52 

53 

54 

55 

56 
66 

67 

68 

69 

70 

71 

72 

73 

74 

75 

76 

77 

78 

79 
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83 

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85 

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86 

89 

90 

93 

94 

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150 

151 

152 
156 
157 


Pedigree of John J. Birdsall (9) 
ff Andrew J. Birdsall (8) 

n Webster Jennings Birdsall (9) 

ft Edwin Birdsall (9) 

n William Oscar Birdsall (8) 

n Thadeus Birdsall (8) 

” Albert Birdsall (8) 

** Charles H. Birdsall (10) 


156 

159 

160 
161 
162 

163 

164 

165 


The Martins 

Pedigree of Clcra Amanda Martin 
Family of Samuel Martin Sr. 

” Peter Martin 

M Samuel Martin Jr. 

n Daniel Martin - 

w Harry E. Martin 

” Phebe (Martin) Hoadley 

° Rev. Samuel Sanford Martin 

M Azel Bachus Martin 

M Clora Amanda (Martin) Bancroft 

Tt Rev. Albert Martin 

" Warren E. Matftin 

tf Ira Martin 


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194 

195 

196 

197 

198 

199 

200 
201 
202 

203 

204 


Section Two 

Pictures and Maps and etc. 


Section three 


Typed copies of letters and papers 
Photo copies of the originals will be found in 

Volume One Part Two, 
































































































































SomesGeneological Resorces from 
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BANCROFTS 


Our Direct Male Line and All Thier Children. 


Name < 

Gen. 

Birth 

Chart 

'Father Marital Partner 

Ann Eliza(7) 

ian 

a 

David III (6) 

Brown 

Abigail 

(4) 

1715 

4 DY 

Raham (3) 


n 

(4) 

1733 

4 DY 

Raham (3) 


Barbara (11)1 1958 

23-36 

John M. (11) 

Kenneth B. Cowan 

Benjamin 


- 

5 

— 

Hannah (5) 

Berthier 

(7) 

1827 

a 

David III (6) 


Catharine 

- see Mary Catharine 



Catharine(10) 

1909 

14-23 

Clark H. (9) 

Robert Bruce 

Clark H. 

(9) 

1874 

6-10-14 

•Wm.Oscar (3) 

Cora Elmore * 

David I 

(4) 

1718 

1-4-5 

Raham (3) 

Eunice Bancroft (-4) 

David II 

(5) 

1743 

1-5-6-7 

David I (4) 

A.Holmes &‘H.‘Chase 

David III 

( 6 ) 

1768 

1 - 6 - 7 -a 

David 11(5) 

Catharine Oothoudt 

Dorothy 

(10) 

1910 

11-20-21 

William t9) 

E. Dane, D.Hafmmett 

Ebenezer 

(2) 

1667 

2 

Thomas (1) 

Abigail Eaton 

tt 

(5) 

1748 

5 

David I (4) 

Phebe Bancroft 

Edward D. 

(8) 

1843 

9 DY 

Dr. J.D.B.(7) 


Eleanore 

(ID 

1925 

15-25-26 . 

Hobart D.(10) 

Vollmer & R.Yoakam 

Eliza-see 

Ann 

Eliza 




Elizabeth 

(2) 

1650 

c.2 DY 

Thomas H) 


»T 

(2) 

1653 

2 DY 

Thomas (1) 


rt 

12) 

1696 

3 

Thomas (1) 

John Lampson 

tt 

(12) 

1962 

33 

Dr.John(12) 


Elmore 

(10) 

1911 

14-24 

Clark H (9) 

Evelyn ft. Walker 

Enos L. 

(7) 

1823 

3 

Dr.David(6) 

Arminda 

Ernest 

(9) 

1862 

10 DY . 

Wm.Oscar(3) 

. 

Eunice 

(4) 

1719 

1-4-5 


David Bancroft 1(4) 

t! 

(5) 

1741 

5-44 

David I (4) 

Nathaniel Waters 

Georgiana(11) 

1932 

13 DY 

r • 

Dr. ’.Paul (10) 


Hannah 

(5) 

1756 

5 

•David 1(4) 

Benjamin Bancroft 

Harvey 

(6) 

1770 

7 

David II (5) 

Polly Carriel 

Hervey 

(7) 

1811 

3 DY 

David III (6) 


Henry 

(7) 

1815 

3 

n ” (6) unknown 

Henry D. 

(8) 

1835 

9 DY 

Dr. John (7) 

i 

Henry B. 

(8) 

1840 

9 DY 

u it ( 7 ) 


Hobart D. 

(10) 

1897 

11-15-26 

Rev Wm. D (9) 

Irene Hastings 

Ira 

(7) 

1820 

3 

David III (6) 

Eliza 

James 

(4) 

1729 

4 DY 

Raham ~ (3) 


n 

(4) 

1739 

4 

" (3) 

Pearson & Parker 

" A. 

(12) 

1966 

30 

Dr. Wm.H.(11) 


Jane A* 

(9) 

i860 

10 DY 

Wm.Oscar (3) 

• 

n 

(ID 

1951 

24 

Elmore (10) 

D.L.Grundstrom 

John 

(2) 

1650 

2 DY 

Thomas (1) 


* 

It 

(2) 

1656 

1-2 

« ' ( 1 ) 

Elizabeth Eatbn 


John 

(3) 

1682 

1-5 

John 

(2) 

Mary Clarke 

»t 

(5) 

1746 

5 

David I 

(4) 

Esther Merryweather 

Or . J . Hi* 8 • 

(7) 

1800 

1-6-9 

Dr. David 

(6) 

Laura Birdsall 

John M. 

(ID 

1933 

18-28 

Dr. Paul 

(10) 

Marie Mangold 

Or . J • D* B . 

(12) 

1953 

13-28-43 

J.Morgan 

(ID 

Georgia Ann Ausman 

Jonas 

(5) 

1744 

5 

David I 

(6) 

Sarah Blood 

Jonathan 

(5) 

1750 

5 

n w 

(6) 

Tl Chase 

II 

43) 

1681 

3 

Thomas 

(2) 

Sarah Parker 

n 

(3) 

1675 

3 DY 

n 

(2) 


Joshua 

(4) 

1712 

4 

Raham 

(3) 

Mary Lampson 

Judith 

(3) 

1688 

3-4 * 

Thomas 

(2) 

David Parker 

n 

(4) 

1735 

4 

Raham 

(3) 

Single . 

Laura 

(10) 

1901 

14 

Rev. Clark(9) 

Frank Dunsmore 

Leonard - see Enos 




\ 

Linda E. 

(12) 

1964 

30 * 

Dr. Wm.H. 

• 

(ID 

• 

Marion.E. 

(10) 

1904 

14-22 

Rev. Clark(9) 

Miles Cutler 

Mary C.* 

(8) 

1849 

9 

Dr. J.D.B 

t (8) 

Alvah S. Hobart 

Mary C. »: 

(ID 

1932 

15-27 

Hobart D. 

(10) 

David Sloan II 

Mary 

(2) 

1670 

2 DY 

Thomas 

(1) 


Mary 

(5) 

1752 

5 

David I 

(4) 

William Bancroft 

Mehetible 

(3) 

1678 

3 

Thomas 

(2) 

Jonathan Parker 

Nancy M. 

(12) 

1962 

25-3844-3 'John M. 

(ID 

• 

Nathanie*l 

(5) 

1758 

5 DY 

David I. 

(4) 

• 

Oscar - see 

WmoOscar 

.it * 



T 

Dr. Paul 

(10) 

1901 

18-28-29 Rev. Wm. 

0(9) 

Grace Elizabeth Jones 

Paul 0. Atty4l2) 

1955 

28-35-43 

John M. 

(ID 

.Mary Jan Engstrom 

Pauline 

(10) 

1901 

11-16P 

Rev.Wm.D.) 19) 

Marcus Weldon PhD. 

Perry 

(7) 

1818 

8 m 

David III 

(6) 

died at 24 yrs 

Phebe 

Widow of 

Edmund (5) married 

bis 

brother 

Raham 

(2) 

1662 

2-3 DY 

Thomas 

(1) 

died at 21 yrs 

Raham 

(3) 

1664 

1-3-4 

Thomas 

(2) 

Abigail Eaton 

Ralph 

(2) 

1660 

2 DY 

Thomas 

(1) 


Robert M. 

(12) 

1961 

30 

Dr. Wm.H. 

(ID 


Ruth 

(4) 

1731 

4 

Raham 

(3) 

Ephraim Parker 

Ruth 

(5) 

1754 

5 

David I 

(4) 

Benjamin Watson 

Samuel 

(3) 

1693 

3 

^Thomas 

(2) 

1-Sarah Lampson 2-S, 

Sarah 

(2) 

1665 

i 

‘Thomas 

(2) 

Jahn Woodward« 

Sarah 

((3) 

1676 

3 

Thomas _ 

(2) 

Abraham Bryant 

Sarah 

(6) 

1773 

7 D? 

David II 

(5) 


Thomas 

(1) 

1622 

1-2 

f ? t '• .% 

f • > 

E. Metcalf k A. Bacon 

Thomas 

(2) 

1649 

1-2-3 

Thomas 

(41) 

Sarah Poole 

Thomas 

(3) 

1673 

3 

Thomas 

(2) 

Mary Webster 

Timothy 

(5) 

1760 

5 . . 

David I 

• 

(4) 

Mary Rice 

William 

(5) 


5 

« 


Ruth Bancroft (5) 

Wm.Oscar 

(8) 

1830 

1-6-10 

Dr. J.D.B. 

(7) 

1 Jane 2 Cloa Martin 

Rev. Wm. 0. 

(9) 

1866 

6-10-11 Wm. Oscar 

(8) 

Helen n Pet M O f Hara 

Or. Wm. H. 

(11) 

1938 

18-30 

Dr. Paul MjlO) 1 ’ Jean McGee 


Geneological Index 


Collateral Families 


Name & 


Generation 

Birth Chart 

Father 

Marital Partners 

Ausman 

Georgia 

1930 28 

L. Ausman 

♦ 

Dr. J.D.Bancroft (10) 

Bacon 

Alice 

2 

M. Bacon 

Thomas Bancroft (1) 

Bancroft (Bancroft-Bancroft 

cousin marriages) 
Raham (3) 


Davis (4) 

1716 5 

Eunice Bancroft (4) 

Hannah (5) 

1756 5 

David (4) 

Bemjamin Bancroft 

Mary (5) 

1752 5 

David (4) 

William Bancroft 

Bales 

George 

4 


Paula Hammett 

Angella 

1976 4 

George Bales 


Benedict 

• 


* 

Sarah 

6 


Josiah Crofut 


Birdsall (This name appears frequently in the 


Albert (8) 
Andrew J. (8) 
Benjamin (3) 
Benjamin (7) 
Charles (10) 
Edwin (8) 
Edward (9) 
George W. (8) 
Granville (9) 
Henry (1) 

Henry P. (7) 
Henry (7) 

Henry (8) 
Judith (2) 

John (4) 

John (5) 

John (6) 

John Oscar (7) 
John Ira (8) 
Laura (7) 
Micheal (7) 
Nathan (2) 
Nathan (4) 
Nathan (7) 


1848 84-87-164 
1838 84 

1646 52-51-149 
1777 66-22-152 


> 1-156 
■-157 
11-149 
21-150 
78-79-156 


^81-74 

1845 
1803 
1860 
ca 1585 
1814 
1817 7 

1822 84-_ 

1619 51 
1696 53-149 
1727 54-15-149 
1763 55-16-150 
1800 6l-2i-150 
1787 82-158 
1806 56-70-150 
1775 88-2E-152 
1611 51-11-149 
1705 53-14-149 
1792 .55-24-150 


William (7) 
William (7) 
Nathan (2) 
Lemuel (6) 
Marcus (9) 
Nathan (7) 
Dr. Samuel(8) 
Micheal (7) 
Rev.Wm.I. (8) 

John (6) 
Squire (6) 
Micheal (7) 
Henry (1) 
Benjamin (3) 
Nathan (4) 
John (5) 

John (6) 

John (7) 

John (6) 
Lemuel (6) 
Henry (1) 
Benjamin (3) 
John (6) 


Oscar - see William Oscar 
Squire (6) 1761 55-68-151 John (5) 

Susan (7) 1790 77-150 John (6) 


"Bancroft Papers") 

Helen Demining 
Julia Winks 
Mercy Foreman 
Belinda Webster 

Sarah 

Esther Gilbert 
Nina & Emma 

Sally M. Cole 
Elizabeth Packard 
Catharine Langdon 
Henry Cook 
E.Langdon & E. Coe 
E. Tripp & R. Elwell 
M.Potter & M,Pearce 
Almira Butts 
Ruby Brass 

Dr. John D. Bancroft(7) 
Welthy Webster 

Jane Langdon 
Ruth Gilbert 

J. Solomon 
Nathan Pearce Jr. 


John (TO 1769 71 

John A.J. (8)cal8lO 59-150 
Lemuel (6) 1749 66 


Lemuel (6) Lucy Wickham 

John Oscar (7) Jane 

John (5) Martha Calkins 


Dr. Samuel (8) 1842 <X)-159 

Timothy (6) 1768 55-67 

Tacy (7) 1795 35-75 

Thadeus (8) 1824-92-163 

Rev. William (7) 1804 65-84-157 
William (8) 1819 83-152 

William Oscar (8)1845 65-88 
Rev. William 1(8)1827 91-179 
Webster (9) 1889 60-81-160 


William (7) 
John (5) 
John (6) 
Micheal (7) 
John (6) 
Micheal (7) 
William (7) 
John (7) 
William (8) 


Stewart & Haven 
Ann Campbell 
William Shepherd 
Mary Shepherd 
Harriet Gilbert 
Marion Jennings 
Zerbiah Barnes 
Frances Fisher 
Crandall, Schul> 
& Phillips 


Index to Migration 


Introduction Page 

The Old Harpursville Home 1 

Bancroft Coat of Arms 8 

Relics 15 

Bancrofts, Notable and Notorious 25 

Direct male line from first to tenth 

American generation 32 


Section I - Our Colonial Bancrofts, Mass. 


Given Name 

Birth 

Chart 

Marital Partner 

Generation 

year 

number 


Thomas (1) ca 

1522 

1-2 

1 Alice Bacon 




2 Elizabeth Metcalf 

Thomas (2) 

1649 

1-2-3 

Sarah Poole 

Raham (3) 

1684 

1-3-4 

1 Abigail Eaton 




2 Ruth Kendall 

David I (4) 

1718 

1-4-5 


Our Bancrofts 

of the Western Trek, Conn. Vt.. N. 

David II (5) 

1743 

1-5-6-7 

1 Abigail Waldo 




2 Betsey Chase 

Dr. David III (6) 

1768 

1-6-7 

1 Catharina (Oothoudt) 




Demarest 




2 Lydia Robinson 

Dr. John D. (7) 

1800 

1-6-9 

Laura Birdsall 

Wm. Oscar (8) 

1830 

1-6-10 

1 Jane Martin 




2 Clora Amanda Martin 

Rev. Wm. Demarest(9) 

1866 

6-10-ll-12Helen "Pet” O’Hara 

Rev. Clark H. (9) 

1874 

6-10-14 

Cora Elmore 

Our Bancrofts 

of the 20th Century 

Descendants of Rev. 

William Demarest 

Bancroft, Nebraskans. 

Hobart D. (10) 

1897 

11-15-26 

Irene Hastings 

Eleanor (11) 

1929 

15-25-26 

1 Robert Vollmer 




2 Roderick Yoakam 

Mark Vollmer 

1955 

25-26 


Dr. Janone Yoakaml96l 

25-26 


Mary C. (11) 

; 932 

15-27 

David Sloan II 

Susan Sloan 

1961 

27 


David Sloan III 

1966 

27 


Pauline M. (10) 

1901 

11-16 

Marcus Weldon PhD. 

Doris Weldon 

1925 

16 


James Weldon 

1928 

16-32 

1 Henrietta Hagelberger 

Mark Steven 

1954 r 

32 

2 Janet Greene 

Elizabeth J. 

1959 

32 

Sean O’Hare 

John C. 

1961 

32 



Given Name & Birth Chart Marital Partner 


Generation year 

Paul M.,MD (10) 1901 

Georgiana (11) 1932 

John Morgan (11) 1933 

John D,MD (12) 1953 

Paul Douglas (12)1955 
Barbara Jo (12) 195# 

Nancy M, (12) 1962 

Col. Wm. H. MD (11)1933 
Robert M.(12) 1961 

Linda M. (12) 1964 

James A. (12) 1966 

Dorothy Louisa (10) 1910 

Margaret Hammett 1 194-3 

Kelly Richards * 1976 

Christine * 1932 

Elizabeth Hammett 1951 
Scott Degnan 1930 
David W. Degnan 1932 
Paula Hammett 1952 

Angella Bales 1976 


Descendants of Rev. 

Clark 

Hobart 

Bancroft, Californians. 

Laura Bancroft (10) 

1901 

14 

Frank Dunsmore (no issue) 

Marion " (10) 

1904 

14-22 

Miles Bradford Cutler 

Janet M. Cutler 

1934 

22- 

Robert E. Larson 

Valarie Larson 

1953 

22 


Virginia Larson 

1962 

22 


Linda Larson 

1966 

22 


Catharine BancroftlO 

1909 

14-22 

Robert Bruce 

Douglas Bruce 

1933 

23 

Avis Jorgenson 

Eric D. Bruce 

I960 

23 


Laura C. Bruce 

1963 

23 


Mary C. Bruce 

1944 

23 

Joel Harkins 

Jacqueline H.. 

1966 

23 


Elmore Bancroft (10) 

1911 

14-24 

Evelyn Rose Walker 

Jane Bancroft (11) 

1951 

24 

David Lee Grundstrom 


(divorce) 


number 

11-13-23-29 Grace Elizabeth Jones 

13 

13-23 
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40 
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20-41 


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Pictures and Maps. 












1 


l£76 


Township of 


COLESVXLS. m 


IAMB. 

Dkt« of 
Settlo- 
ment. 

Bancroft, Wm. 0... 

1830 

Brown, Jesse. 

1827 

Bishop, John F. 

1838 

Bishop, J. F., Jr.... 

1852 

Bennett, Walter H. 

1875 

Butler, A. J. 

1864 

Bush, Rilev. 

1845 

Cbeesman, Wm. T.. 

1848 

Coombs, George A.. 

1865 

Carpenter, Chas L. 

1871 

Carpenter, Wm. A. 

1871 

Crofut, William. 

1839 

Dutcher, E. W. 

1875 

Flemshurgh, J. W.. 

1829 

Guy, E. 

1845 

Groat, S. J. 

1870 

Guy, Timothy. 

1845 

Hare, C. W... 

1847 

Hobbs Bros .. 

1830 

Hobbs, J. W. 

1843 

Humphry, N. C. 

1865 

Harper, R. 

1845 

Hurd, J., & Son. 

1853 

Knox, E. S. 

1816 

Monroe, S. E. 

1838 

Myrick, Horace E.. 

1844 

Parsons, S. D. 

1836 

Pearsall, D. W. 

1831 

Pine, Peter. 

1803 

Poole, S. J. 

1855 

Rngp-les, M . 




Richards, Charles... 

1856 

Sccor, R. H. 

1851 

Swagart, R. C. 

1814 

Streingham,"Walter 

1806 

Soul, Absalom. 

1867 

Wyckoff, J. B. 

1850 

Williams, Otis. 

1875 

Wilder, A. S. 

1821 

Yale, T. & P. H. 

1866 


IimiTT. 

Post-Office Address. 

DISCRIPTI05 OF BUSINESS. 

New York. 

Harpersville . 

Postmaster and notion store 

II 

• — . • • 

II 

Dry goods, groceries, ready-made clothing, hard- 

II 

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ware and glassware. [smithing. 

Carriage and wagon maker, trimmings, blaek- 
Furniture, undertaking; work warranted. 

II 

II 

II 

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II 

Attorney-at-law and notary public. 

II 

II 

Oquaga. 

Nineveh. 

Physician and surgeon. 

Proprietor of Nineveh House. 

II 

Harpersville. 

Farmer. 

Maine. 

Centro Valley. 

“ and stock grower. 

“ and teacher. 

“ and stock raiser. 

New York. 

II 

Harpersville. 

II 

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II 

II 

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Physician and surgeon. 

II 

Centre Village. 

Farmer and stock raiser. 

II 

Harpersville. 

Physician and surgeon. 

II 

II 

Prop, of Eldorado House; daily hack, livery. 

II 

II 

Nineveh. 

Harpersville . 

Physician and surgeon. 

Harness, saddles, whips, horse furnishing goods. 

II 

II 

Nineveh . 

II 

Mnfr. of fine carriages, dealer in carriage goods. 
Justice of the Peace, conveyancing, collections. 

New York. 

Centre Village. 

Prop. Centre Village Extension Table, cider-mill, 

II 

Harpersville. 

apples bought. 

Farmer and stock raiser. 

II 

II 

Oquaga. 

Stoves, sheet iron, general hardware. 

Farmer and stock raiser. 

II 

Harpersville. 

Civil engineer, surveyor. 

Farming and dairying. 

II 

Oquaga. 

II 

Harpersville. 

Underwriting, exchange, and collections. 

II 

II 

Grocery and provisions. 

II 

Oquaga. 

Retired farmer. 

II 

II 

II 

Harpersville. 

Farmer and stock raiser. 

Supervisor. 

Town Clerk, proprietor Harpersville Foundry. 

II 

New Jersey. 

New York. 

II 

II 

Oquaga. 

II 

II 

Ornamental painting. 

Retired farmer. 

Farming and stock. 

Miller and millwright. 

Farmer and stock raiser. 

■Prop, of Nineveh House. 

II 

II 

Pennsylvania.. 

Nineveh . 

New York. 

'Centre Village. 

'Farmer. 

II 

|Nineveh. 

[Devonshire cattle, farmers. 


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At mid-century, in polite society, it was popular to use 
French expressions* Daughters of wealth, in "female sem¬ 
inaries” were taught French so they could "drop” a ”bon mot” 
on occasions* The owner of this large land grant changed 
his name from Harper to Harpur, this being the French ver¬ 
sion of the name. Other members of the family continued 
to spell the name Harper. In this Atlas, as above, the 
name of the village is repeately spelled wrong. It should 
be Harpursville and should not be confused with near-by 
Harpersfield. And the owner of the original tract should 
be referred to as Mr. Harpur* 

Dr. J.D.Bancroft died in 1&72. At this time, 1876, 
the family consisted of Wm,Oscar Bancroft, his wife Clora, 
and their children, Jane, Ernest, William and Clark. 




























































































































































































































































































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Harpursville, New York very much as it was in the Bancroft 
era, except for the hotel, in the distant background. Here 
Wm.Oscar had a store and was Post Master. The doctor T s 
home and office building are not visible. 

When the roads were bad the doctor went on horse back or 
rode a two wheeled "sulky" like the one in the central for- 
ground. 

On the left is a farm or lumber wagon. 

On the right is a two seated vehicle drawn by a team and 
a one seated vehicle drawn by one horse. The were well 
upholstered and were for family use. We would be inclined 
to think of them as carriages but they spoke of them as 
wagons* V/hen Or. J.O.Bancroft took his new bride to Boon- 
ville in the Adirondacks he took her in a "wagon". To be 
sure it was not a lumber of farm wagon but one of these 
vehicles appropriate for a physician and his lady. 

The doctor often made house "visits" in a single seated 
"wagon" drawn by one horse. In the winter he used a sleigh. 

The elaborate coaches of the great plantations or of the 
eastern aristocracy were not to be found in this young econ¬ 
omy in which maney was scarce and barter was still common. 
























































































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The home place of Doctor John Demarest Bancroft in Har- 
pursville, Colesville township, Broome county, New York. It 

was one of the largest homes in the village at that time. A 
barn, a carriage house, and a generous courtyard provided for 
milk cows and fine horses and accomodations for visitors teams. 
Across the road were an upper and lower meadow for pasture and 
closer to the village center ,a small, one story, two room off¬ 
ice building. Here few patients were seen. He saw all ill 
patients in the home. Even trivial things, minor injuries or 
vaccination for small pox were seen at home. Since there was 
no drug store within twenty miles, he prepared his own pre¬ 
scriptions in his office. He kept his accounts* here_.arid*in that 
day when fully half of his income was from bartered farm produce 
or services, the book keeping was extremely important. There 
was no hospital, no telephone, no nurses and medical consultants 
were difficult to reach by messenger and slow to respond over 
primitive roads. So single handed, without anesthesia, asepsis, 
or antisepsis, he met the full gamut of medical problems single 
handed and under primitive living conditions. P.M.B. 






















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This "American Homestead" taken from the original Cur¬ 
rier and Ives lithograph, of 1&6&, provided us through the 
courtesy of The Henry T Peters Collection of the New York 
City Museum, reveals the architectural detail of this popu¬ 
lar style better than the old tin-type in the Bancroft col¬ 
lection, In upper,inland New York, at midcentury, this was 
an elegant home. Of course not the grandeur of Mount Vernon 
nor of the mansions of the rich industrialists of New- England 
but for this community a very fine home. 

The Bancroft home was a popular meeting place for many 
community groups, Oscar played the accordian, Caty played 
the reed organ and the flute. This provided accompaniment 
for the popular singing schools, and the church choir. This 
was a singing family. 

Visitors were common place. Aunts and uncles,with a 
bevy of children, would come when*a visit was usually over 
night, a week end or even a fortnight. 

Visiting dignitaries of church or government frequently 
stayed here as guests of the doctor. 

After the Bancrofts left the capacity of this large house 
led to its conversion into a village hotel* 


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THE BIRDS ALL FAMILY AND H0ME8TEAD. 


A* near as can be ascertained from tradition the BirdaaD 
family sprang from a Huguenot, who, fleeing from France 
into Holland, came about 1640 or 1650 to Long Island, 
settling in Queen's county. A great-grandson of his, 
named Nathan Birdaall, in 1747 or 1748 emigrated from 
thence, with his family, to Dutchess county, settling on 
Quaker Hill, a well-known locality in that part of the 
State. The maiden name of Nathan's wife was Jane Leng- 
don. They were the parents of ten children,—John, Lucretia, 
Anna, Sarah, Jane, Mary, Phoebe, Jamea, Nathan, Benjamin. 
Thcae all married and settled in the immediate neighborhood 
of their father's home, and their children, with the exoep- 
tion of thoee of John and Benjamin, also remained in the 
county of Dutchess, or those adjaoent thereto. Benjamin's 
children removed to Chenango oonnty, and they or their 
descendants became and are quite prominent eitiseos of 
that locality. 

John, the oldest son and ehild, was born Aug. 11,1727, 
twenty years before his father's removal from Long Island. 
He was twioe married. The maiden name of his second 
wife wss Rebecca Elwell. By this marriage there were 
nine children, six girls and three boys. 8ome of these 
married and remained near their father; others of them 
emigrated to the head-waters of the Delaware and Susque¬ 
hanna riven. John died Sept. 17, 1816, in the eighty- 
eighth year of his age. The name of his first wife was 
Tripp. She bore but one child, who was named Lemuel, 
and who was born April 12, 1749. He married Martha 
Calkins, and soon after removed to Harpenfield, Delaware 
Co., N. Y. He was the father of teo children,—John, 
Nancy, Abigail, Sally, Michael, Oliver, Benjamin, Lydia, 
Chloe, William. AD of them married, and, with the exoept ion 
of William, lived and died within one hundred mile* of 
their father Lemuel's heme. Willism removed to Erie 
county, and became the father of many sons and daughters. 


Michael Birdaall, whose portrait is given on this page, 
was born in Harpersfield, on May 10, 1775. His wife, 
Wealthy Webster, whose likeness alatrembellisbes this book, 
was born in Hudson, Columbia Co., N. Y., Dec. 5, 1782. 
They were married March 2,1800, and two years thereafter 
removed from Harpersfield to the Susquehanna valley, set¬ 
tling upon a farm about three-quarters of a mile west of the 
viDage now called Otego, then Hamburg, which has been 
in poaaemion of the family since. A log house was erected 
on the spot now occupied by the carriage-house, where they 
lived nearly twelve years. Nearly the whole of the present 
highly-cultivated and prolific farm was then an unbroken 
forest, the part of it lying between the highway and the 
railway being a swamp. Michael died in 1863, having 
survived his wife three years. Their children were George, 
Lemuel, Hiram, Maria, Wealthy, Auabum, Oliver, William, 
Thaddeus A., and Henry Dwight Four of these only now 
reside in this oounty, at Otego,—George, Wealthy (who 
married Harvey Hunt, Esq ), William, and Thaddeus A. 

William, whose portrait is given on another page, at 
present owns and occupies the old homestead. He ha* 
made many improvements on it sinoe it came into hia pos- 
srasinn in 1864, soon after the death of his father, by 
purchase from the other heirs, and it is now one of the 
most valuable, attractive, and noticeable places in Otsego 
Oounty, or along the line of the Albany and Susquehanna 
railroad. It can readily be seen by the railroad passenger, 
lying s short distance west of the Otego station. For more 
th»n half s century it has been the abode of peace, plenty, 
sod oootent, the home of cordial weloome and boundless 
hospitality. The present proprietor preaerves, in a marked 
degree, the well-known characteristics of the home of bis 
fhther. He wss married on Nov. 10, 1875, to Marian 
Jennings, a daughter of a prominent chiton of Otego. Ilcr 
likeness also occupies a place on another page. 


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Or. John Oemarest Bancroft.in his early fifties with 
Catharine, his youngest child, circa 1&52. 

School teacher- 
Physician- 

Land Speculator- 

Community leader- 

Ardent supporter of Lincoln, 
Abolition, Temperance, Education, 
Christianity, and community im¬ 
provement . 

This picture shows him at his prime, the next was made 
after his retirment and reveals the effects of his age 
and ill-health. 

















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Laura (Birdsall) Bancroft 
1306-1332 


Or. John Oemarest 
Bancroft 1300-1372 



Clora Amanda (Martin) 
Bancroft 1336-1333 



Wm. Oscar Bancroft 
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De con Samuel Martin Jr, husband of Melinda (Crofut) 
Martin and father of Clora Amanda (Martin) Bancroft 
wife of Wm.Oscar Bancroft. A sturdy pioneer farmer 
who produced five duaghters who f s average height was 
six feet. He had only one son, Samuel Sanford Martin 
who graduated from Madison University at Hamilton, a 
student in Theology. He went to the "far west" in 
pioneer Illinois,in the service of the Home Mission 
Society, like many other preachers and missionaries 
to save the souls of eastern youths who*s parents 
feared for their safety in the wild and dangerous 
"far west". 




Wm. Oscar Bancroft, son of Dr. J.D.Bancroft. 

Merchant 

Post Master- 

Justice of the Peace- 
Community Leader 

Very well educated in private 
schools, Select schools and 
the Franklin Academy and fin¬ 
ally in apprenticeships under 
experienced merchants. 

His activities had been limited by bilateral in- 
quinal hernias which leading surgical consultants 
considered inoperable. This kept him from military 
duty. 












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Clora Amanda (Martin) Bancroft was the second wife 
of Wm.Oscar Bancroft and a first cousin of his first 
wife. Her mother, quite illiterate, was determined 
that her daughter suffer no such disadvantage. Her 
late marriage gave her time to secure a good education 
which she finnished in the Hamilton Female Seminary, 
She came to Oscar with an education comparable to his 
and in addition was talented in music and art and had 
a warm and compassionate heart more frequently seen 
in girls blessed with scant beauty. Her letters and 
diaries betrayed a character that endeared her to 
both Elizabeth and me. 






















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Trotn your lengthened form to fly—* 

To share that tender heart I pine. 

And-flf to thee, my Taleatine. 

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Bancroft,and her four sisters had an average 
height of six feet. This height was extreme¬ 
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sitive about her height. Some wag sent her 
this valentine which infuriated her. Her son, 
Reverend W. 0. Bancroft, was 6 f 3 n * He resembled 
the Martins more than the Bancrofts. P.M.B. 
















































































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The Old Home of Rev. W. 0. Bancroft 
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into the home, They nade of this hearth a family center marked by love, tolerance 
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young man with a problem. They claimed 
they could swap dates at a party and 
not be discovered. Their father did 
not know them apart. They were indeed 
alike. School teachers had difficulty 
telling them apart until they discovered 
that Pearl was a good penman and "Pet" 
wrote very poorly. When in doubt they 
would ask them, to write. This rasies an 
interesting question. Some uniovular 
twins, who look very alike, are mirror 
M images. One then would be rightf handed 
and the other left* Was "Pet" a normal 
left hander who was compelled to write 
with her ri^ght hand, and hence had poor 
Penmanship?? 


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and leader?? 

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3, Ed. 5,Chris 7,Bert 

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Table of Distances in Broome County- 


Measured in miles 
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1$66 Atlas of Broome Co. 

Harpursville to 


Binghamton-17.2 

Castle Creek - 17.3 

Center Village - 1. 

Chenango Forks - 1$.6 

Deposit-15-3 

Glen Aubrey-24.1 

Glen Castle-16.4 

Gulf Summit-15*0 

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Kirkwood-10.3 

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Lisle-21.$ 

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Millburn-17.2 

Nineveh- 1.7 

North Colesville- 7.1 

North Sanford-12.7 

Osborn Hollow - 7.7 

Oquaga- 4.1 

Port Crane-11.4 

Sanford---10.$ 

Stillson Hollow - 11.$ 

Triangle-21.3 

Union-25.9 

Vallonia Springs - 6.6 

Vestal-25.0 

Whitneys point - 22.4 

Windsor- $.4 

Yorkshire-29.7 


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(From Beatrice Bancroft Conrad , Fruita, Colorado , May 1, 1975) 

John and Jane Bancroft came to Lynn Mass, in 1632 where 
he died in 1637. It was assumed Thomas was a nephew of John, 
not a son, as it cannot be found that any guardianship was 
made of Thomas who first appeared in Dedham. M. Stiles Ancient 
Windsor Conn. 1892 edition, 2nd Vol. gives the story of John 
and Jane Bancroft of Lynn. Mass, and their descendants at 
Windsor Conn. 

In the Reading church records in 1662 mention was made 
of the transfer of Mrs. Elizabeth (Metcalf) Bancroft from the 
church in Dedham to that at Reading on the occasion of the 
installation of a young man from Dedham to that at Reading, 
one of the earliest graduates from Harvard College. Thus it 
was able to locate Thomas prior to his mention in the Reading 
records. (Written by John M. Bancroft, 40 Beach St., Bloom¬ 
field, N.J.) 

Thomas Bancroft, poet, was a native of Swarston a village 
on the Trent in Derbyshire. This we learn from one of his 
own epigrams and from Sr. Aston Cokaines commendatory'line. He 
has also an epigrame in calibration of his father and mother 
buried in Swarston church. He was a contemporary of James 
Shirley at Catharine Hall Cambridge, to him he addresses an 
epigram. Thomas the poet was an uncle of Thomas the emmigrant. 

He seems to have lived for some time in his native place 
in Derbyshire. Sir Aston Cockaine a neighbor and fellow poet 
appears to have visited and been visited by him. He had 
apparently only a younger son's fortune, his elder brother 
"deceased in 1639" having broken up the family property. 
Bancroft's first publication "The Glutton's Years", 1633, a 
narrative in verse of seven line stanzas of the parable of 
the rich man Lazarus. Thomas Corser in his "Collections of 
Anglo Poetica" writes of it, "there is a smoothness and grace 
as well as force and propriety in Bancroft's poetical language 
which has not, as we think, oeen sufficiently noticed. Ban¬ 
croft's next and better known book was his two books of 


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Epigrams and Epitaphs dedicated to two branches of Gentry, 

Sr. Charles Shirley Baronet and William Davenport, Esq. 1639. 
The interest in these epigrams lies in the number of men of 
letters whom they celebrate including Sidney, Shakespeare, 

Ben Johnson, Donne, Overbury, John Ford, Quarles, Randoph, 
the Beaumonts, etc. In 1649 Bancroft contributed to Brown’s 
’’Lachryme Musarium” a poem, "To the never dying memory of the 
Noble Lord Hastings". Finally he published in 1658, "The 
Heroical Lover" or "Anteon and Lidelta", a work smooth rather 
than strong in spite of Cachaines laudation. In 1658 Bancroft 
was living in retirement at Bradley near Ashbourne, Derby¬ 
shire. It is probable that he continued here till death for 
the date of which we have no knowledge. Incedental notices 
inform us that Bancroft was small of stature and he was talked 
of as the "Small poet" by his intimates, partly in reference 
to his little ness and partly in allusion to the "small poems 
and Epigrams" 

Epitaph written to his brother, John Bancroft, published 
in 1639,- 

You sold your land to lighter hence to go 
to foreign coasts. 

Yet fate would have it so, did ne'er New 
England reach, 

But went with them that journey toward 
New Jerusalem. 

Thomas Bancroft, our immigrant ancester, was born in 1622 
in Derbyshire England. Inscription from his tombstone at the 
Reading church, now Wakefield, Mass., 

Mementi Mori Fugit Hora. 

Here Lyeth the body of Lieut. Thomas Bancroft aged 69 Deceased 
ye 19th of August 1691. 

The first notice of him in America is on the records of 
Dedham Mass, in 1647, from which town he moved in 1652, 
selling his property. An affidavit is on record at Salem that 
in 1655 he was living on the farm of Samuel Bennett at what 
is now Saugers some two miles from the Reading church, on 
whos books appear the family record. About 1670 he bought 50 
or 60 acres in what is now Lynnfield, still near Reading church, 
in 1678 the Holyoke farm of 550 acres adjoining 60 acres was 


sold and on the deed mentions that the place had been several 
« • 

years in the posession of and improvement by Thomas Bancroft. 
The name does not appear on several of the lists of distri¬ 
butions of common lands in Reading. He is frequently 
mentioned in the early records. 

4 

He married (1) at Dedham Alice the daughter of Miguel 
•Bacon who‘had lived in Ireland 31 yr 1 mo. 1647. who died 29 
yrs 1 mo ? 1648. 

He married (2) at Dedham Elizabeth daughter of Micheal 
and Sara (Ellwyn) Metcalf Sept. 15, 1648 


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Providence, 

Nov. 17,1755. 

About 4 o*clock in the morning there was a very terr¬ 
ible earth quake. It came with a great sound, the shock 
lasted about two minutes. It shook the houses so that the 
bricks fell off the tops of many chimneys. It was very 
shocking to many people. About an hour after there was 
another small shock. 


Nov. 26, 1755. 

Between eight and nine in the evening there came an¬ 
other earth quake. The shock was considerable hard and 
lasted about half a minute.. Surely these are some of the 
signs the Lord has foretold and we may conclude the end of 
all things is at hand. 0, that we may be in preparation 
for that time. 


Dec. 21, 1756. 

With the sun about an hour and a half high in the 
late afternoon, there appeared two rainbows. The lower 
had the usual form with the convexity down 7 ,ard and it 
had a bright "sun dog ,T at each end. The upper bow was in¬ 
verted with the convexity upward. 


Jan. 3, 1757. 

With the sun about a half hour high in the evening, 
there appeared a vapor on the ground, vrry thick accompanied 
by warm flashes t like the steam off warm water, some people 
smelled sulphur and heard a "swish". Such an appearance 
with warm breaths and flashes, I never saw before. 


(From an unidentified diary. P.M.B.) 


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The Dedham Covenant 

Founders of the Township of Dedham, Massachusetts 

1. We who’s names are here unto inscribed, doe in the 
feare and Reverence of our Allmightie God, Mutually, and 
severally promis amonst ourselves and each to other to pro- 
fesse and practice one truth according to that most perfect 
rule, the foundation whereof is everlasting love; 

2. That we shall by all meanes laboure to keep off 
from us all such as conrarye minded . And receive unto us only 
such as may be probably of one harte with us as that we 
either knowe or may be well and truly be infarned to walke in 

a peaceable conversation with all meekness of spirit for 
edification of each other in the knowledg and faith of the 
Lord Jesus and the mutual encouragement unto all temporal 
comforts in all things; seeking the good of each other out 
of which may be derived true peace. 

3. That if at any time differences shall arise between 
parties of our said Town, that then such parties shall 
presently refere all such differences unto some one, two or 
three others of our said societie to be fully accorded and 
determined without any further delay, if it possibly may be; 

4. That any man that may now or any time hereafter 
shall have lctts in our towne shall pay his share in all such 
Rates of money and charges shall be imposed upon him Rateably 
in proportion with other men. And also become freely subject 
unto all such orders and constitutions as shall be 
necesarily had or made, now or at any time hereafer from 
this day forward, as well for loveing and comfortable 
societie, in our said Towne as also more prosperous and 
thriving condition or our said fellowshipe, especially 
respecting the fear of God in which we desire to begine and 
continue what so ever we shall by Kis loving favour take into 
hand. 


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5. And for the better manifestation of our true reso¬ 
lution heare in, every man so received; to subscribe heare 
in his name there by obliging him and his successors after 
him forever, as we have done. 

(It was here in near Dedham Salem that John Bancroft appeared 
in court to give bond that Jane, his wife, would keep the 
peace. It was here that the Towne, after Johns death gave 
an allottment of land to Jane on which to rear her children. 
It was here that Jane threatened a Mr. Maverick, who brought 
suit against her. It is my belief that she acted to defend 
her children, her home and her sick husband from being 
dispossessed of the farm. This last pleases me even though 
it may not be historic fact. For what other cause would a 
woman threaten a man with a rifle?) 


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Immigrant John Bancroft- 

John Bancroft and his wife Jane came to New Eng¬ 
land on the ship ’’James", sailing from London in 

1632. They were eight weeks in passage. 

★****★★★**★** 

"John Barcrofte ent.into recognis. in 40 pounds 
with Samuel Maverick, surety in 20 pounds, that 
Jane, wife of said John should be of good behaviour" 
Geneological Diet., Savage, p 110. 

The year following John’s death the widow Jane Ban¬ 
croft received a grant of land in Lynn on which to 

live and rear her children. 

Crane, Gen. and Personal Memmoirs 

of Worcester, Mass., 1907, p 332. 


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The Roll of David Bancroft I in the Revolution 





Worcester Town Records - 1753 - 17&3 
Edited by Franklin P. Rice for the 
Worcester Society of Antiquity in - 1SS2 


Page 9, March lB, 1754. David Bancroft chosen as one 
of two tything men. (This is the first David 
Bancroft of the fourth American generation. 

He was at this time 35 years of age. In the 
ensuing twenty years he was to be drawn into 
an increasing leadership roll during the tur¬ 
moil that preceeded the Revolution. P.M.B.) 

Page 23, March 1, 1756. David Bancroft chosen Constable. 

Page 33, Jan. 24, 1#57. On the list of pe^tit jurors. 

Page 40, May 16, 1&57. Bill allowed. !, To David Bancroft 
Constable for ye year 1756, pole tax to be rated 
0 16 7 ”. 

Page 49, circa 1&5&, These subscribers being appointed 
by the Select men of Worcester and Sutton met 
and perambulated the line and renewed the 
bounds between said Towns. 


Asa Moore, Selectman 

Daniel Boyden !t for Worcester 

David Bancroft " 

Daniel Greenwood, Selectman 
Charles Richardson " for Sutton 
Samuel Trask tT 

Page 63, March 3, 1760. David Bancroft named com - 

mittee man for the schools, representing his 
part of the Town. 

Page 95, Dec. 14, 1763. A committee reported the 

assessment of the pew rent for the new church 
and gave a list of 62 names of those who 
might choose their seats in the order of their 
names in the list. David Bancrofts was the 
44 th name. Rents ranged from 9 to 4 pounds. 

Page 106, Oct. IB, 1764. At a church pew letting, David 
chose pew 44. Pew rent 5 pounds, 5. 











Page 116, Mar. 1&, 1765. Voted that Ephraim Doolittle, 

Jacob Chamberlain, John Curtis, James Goodwin, 
David Bancroft, Jonathan Stone and Samuel Eaton 
be a committee to take into consideration what 
method will best serve the Town, relative to 
the school. 

Page 143, Mar. 10,1767. David Bancroft was appointed 
one of ten as surveyors of highways. 

Page 160, Nov. 7, 1768. David Bancroft on Jury list. 

Page 162, Mar. 6, 1769. David Bancroft was one of a com¬ 
mittee "to treat with the proprietors of the 
grammer school and agree with them upon what 
terms they will allow said school to be con¬ 
sidered as a Town Grammer School for ye bene¬ 
fit of such persons as shall incline to send 
their children there and also to consult some 
plan for keeping English schools in said Town". 

Page 170, Oct. 30, 1769. "To David Bancroft for 400 ft. 
plank for bridge 1 12 0. 

Page ISO, Mar. 4, 1771. David Bancroft elected one of two 
Wardens. 

Page 194, Mar. IS, 1772. David Bancroft named first of 
a committee of three to defend Town officers 
in a suit over taxes. 

Page 202, Mar. 1, 1773. "On ye twelfth artickle ye pet¬ 
ition of Othniel Taylor and forty others was 
read and ye question put whether ye pamphlett 
drawn up by ye Town of Boston, containing ye 
grievances this Province labors under shall 
be read and after some debate there on it pass¬ 
ed in ye affirmative." 

(The tension in Boston which was to lead to the 
Boston Massacre was mounting. The Boston pub¬ 
lication was considered by the Colonial Government 
as seditious. The debate over the reading of it 
by the citizens of Worcester and any action they 
might take reflected their concern about reprisals 
that the Royal Colonial Government might take. 
P.M.B.) 


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Committee Report 

The above committee reported as follows: "It is our 
opinion that mankind are by nature free and the End and 
Designe of forming Social compacts and entering into Civil 
society, was that each member of that society might enjoy 
his liberty and property and live in the free excersize of 
his rights, both Civil and Religious, which God and Nature 
gave; except such as are expressly given up by compact. 

This we apprehend to be the scope of that noble system of 
Government the English Constitution. The great Wisdom in 
giving so just a balance of power, through all its parts, 
very justly excites admiration, and when we justly apprehend 
the Designe to overthrow the same in one part by any person 
or persons (of destroying Dependence of one of the 
community on the other, and substituting in its room a 
crafty or Political Dependence, the former being as much 
superior to the latter , as the wisdom of God is superior to 
the Crafty Designs of wicked, corrupt Plunderers of mankind), 
it is our duty to exert our selves against it to the utmost 
of our power, for by nature and the Charter of this province 
we are entitled to all the rights and priviledges of the 
above Constitutions, as though we were born within the Realm 
of England; and it is our opinion that these Rights and 
Priviledges have been unjustly infringed upon, and therefore 
calls upon our immediate attention; it ought to render the 
Charter more Sacred, when we figure to our selves the amazing 
enterprize of leaving fields and gardens, and emigrate into 
a hideous wilderness 3000 miles distant, this was the case of 
our worthy ancestors who Removed into this Remote Region 
"with no other view than to enjoy Liberty of Conscience, 
without hazard to themselves, or offence to others, they were 
not Criminals, neither were they necessitous, nor had they 
made any attempt to overthrow the Church, or State, at home; 
but removed at their own expence, with the Consent of their 



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Sovereign, in a laudable and peaceable manner, and by that 
means as great a territory is added to his Dominions as all 
he before had and Reigned over, and took care to secure to 
themselves in their Retreat, all priviledges and immunities 
of home born subject of Great Britain without reserve, Secure 
as plighted Royal faith could make them, and that they might 
have a more just and equitable title to their lands than 
barely holding them under the King of Britain, whose sole 
title was discovery, it then being the property of the Natives 
and a very great part of the Continent still remains, so they 
purchased their land from these aboriginese who received their 
title for what in the King of Kings, and this title being 
transmitted to the present generation by heirship, as well as 
by law of equity and the English Constitution; Therefore, to 
infringe those rights that are so well founded, both in Nature 
and in Civil Government has the tendency to bring aspersion 
on the most Sacred Compacts, and too great a grievance for us 
Silently to bear; the melancholy enumeration of the infringe¬ 
ments of our rights in every particular is needless when they 
are so accurately set fourth by our Bretheren, the Respected 
inhabitants of the Town of Boston; In the Boston Pamphlett, 
so called and also, not only very sensibly expressed by a 
Great Number of the Prinsiple Towns, but the Province in 
General, for which recent instance of their Public Virtue, 
Patriotism, they have rendered themselves Dear, to every lover 
of his Country and mankind in general, for which they have 
very highly merited our greateful thanks. It is our opinion 
that the infringement of our rights and liberties and of 
all those inhabitants of British America, Courts of Inquisi¬ 
tion appointed as arbitrary, and terrible as those under the 
Pope Jurisdiction, the appointment of Papist to high places of 
trust in the British Dominions, naturally tend to alienate the 
affections of millions of truly Loyal Subjects of the British 
Government, should never have received the Royal Assent had 
not his Majesty been misinformed; we therefore think it our 


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duty as Good and Loyal Subjects to the King, and Constitution, 
to join with our Bretheren, offering our sentiments of all 
British America that his Majesty be Undeceived in so important 
a matter, and we are of the opinion that there never could 
be a just pretense, that we ever were unwilling to pay our 
full proportion, of the common brethrens have only to incite 
as an incontestable proof instances of the British Parliament 
in consequence of being Sensible we had done more than our 
share in the repeated wars that the Nation has been engaged 
in, has reimbursed considerable sums of money to us and we 
have been equally ready to venture our lives, in defense of 
his magesties rights as securing his Dominions, to the Utmost 
of our power, as any subject within His Dominions, witness the 
people of this country taking Nova Scotia in 1690 at their 
own Expense which was never reimbursed, and also the conquest 
of Cape Breton, at a time when the French was in possession 
of Madrass, and Netherlands and Holland at their mercy, 
flushed with a long course of uninterrupted victories; our 
exertions at that time were not only means of giving peace 
to Europe, but also of setting it, (much to the advantage of 
the people of this country, taking Arcadia, or Nova Scotia), 
much to the advantage of Great Britain, and we are indubi¬ 
tably pursuaded that the proofs of duty and Loyalty to the 
best of Kings and Constitutions have been too marked and 
conspicuous to escape the Notice of All well effective 
subjects in the British Empire. The fond affection that 
ever has subsisted in our hearts for Great Britain and its 
Sovereign has never induced us to esteem it above any other 
country and, as fond children speak of a fathers house, we 
have ever called our home, and always rejoice when they 
rejoiced, to weep when they have wept, and when ever 
required to bleed when they have bled; and in return we are 
sorry to say, we have had our harbors filled with ships Oj. 
war, in a hostile manner, and troops posted in our metropolis, 
in time of profound peace, not only posted greatly insulting, 





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but actually slaughtering the inhabitants, cannon 
levelled at our Senate House, the fortress or key of 
the Province taken from us and as an addition to our 
distress, the Commander in Chief of the Province he had 
not power to control the troops, etc. 

Nevertheless we are ready and willing to stand 
forth in defence of the King of Great Britain, his crown 
and dignity and our noble Constitution when called to it 
to risk our lives "and in that day let him that hath no 
sword, sell his garment and buy one." 

And Further, that there be a committee of corres¬ 
pondence chose, to correspond with the committee of 
Correspondence in the other towns in this province, to 
give the Earliest intelligence to the inhabitants of this 
Town, of any design that they shall discover at any time 
against our Natural and Constitutional rights. 

Lastly let the Town Clerk record the above pro¬ 
ceedings on the Town book of records, and give an attested 
copy there of to such persons as shall be chose, a 
committee of Correspondence, to transmit the same to the 
respectable committee of Correspondence at Boston. 

Signed. 

Em Young 
David Bancroft 
Samuel Curtiss 
Timothy Bigelow 
Stephen Salisbury 


Committee 


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The Harpurs. 

The family name was originally Harper, But as Mr, Harpur 
attained social and political eminence he sought to lend 
elogence to the name by adopting a French spelling. The 
village became Harpursville and is not to be confused 
with Harpers Field, ——,in an adjoining county, nor with 
Harpers Ferry where John Brown died, 

Harpur Patent, 

The Harpur Patent was excecuted in N.Y. City which was at 
that time, the capital of the state, it having been moved 
there in 1734 and remained until 1797 when it was moved 
to Albany, 

Secretary Harpur settled on the farm now known as the 
Bryant farm, near Onaquaga, He was born in Ireland and 
camd to New York in 1761. Was engaged as a professor in 
Kings College where he remained for fifteen years. He 
was a member of the State Convention that formed the first 
state constitution in 1776. At the close of the war he was 
elected member of the State Assembly for New York City and 
in 1730 was appointed Deputy Secretary of State which office 
he held till 1796. He was the owner of the immense tract 
of land known as the Harpur Patent, which included Coles- 
ville in its 31,000 acres. He lived in the old homestead 
near Harpursville where he died in 1325 at the age of 92. 

Mr. Harpur received a second patent from Governor 
Clinton, -, containing 16,000 acres. 

Robert Harpur Jr. was born in New York in 1793* He 
married Peroelia Betts of Alton, He died in Harpur manor 
in 1372, she in 1362, leaving five children. 



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The Cookoose Line. 

A line running north from Cookoose (now Deposit) 
prohibited settlement of whites beyond which is now the 
eastern boundry of Broome and Chenango Counties. A 

subsequent treaty allowed the sale of the B- towns 

and opening another area purchased by Governor Clinton 
in 1776, from the Indians, left most of what is now Broome 
County in the English hands, by the beginning of the Rev¬ 
olution all the actual settlement awaited completion of 
land companies in 1778 and the end of the Revolution in 
1783. 

A large part of south central New York was known 
as Tryon County until 1779 when it became Montgomery 
County. Tioga County was set apart February 6, 1791 and 
included in its bounds all of Broome County and all or parts 
of Tioga, Chemung, Chenango and Courtland. Brown County 
was set apart, roughly as it is today, from Tioga County, 
March 5, 1806 



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Sept. 1, 1785 circa 

On the present Harpursville site John Lamphere logged of 
the ground on which he was to build his place. 

"The next spring, 1786, he built his log cabin. First 
several trees were felled and trimmed, cut up into lengths 
and laid on the ground in piles on the four sides of the place 
where the cabin was to stand. Then the work of putting them 
in place begins. 

"It is no easy task for a man alone but a neighbor or 
wife helps. They have slept so long in the wagon that the 
thought of lying down that night in their own house, even if 
unfinished forms an incentive for great exertion. 

"The work goes on briskly through the day. So many logs 
have been rolled up and notched together at the corners, that 
by evening the walls of the house are done. 

"An opening is left in one side for a door and a small 
one opposite for a window. It is too late for the builders 
to do more that night. A couple of blankets are stretched 
across one end of the structure to serve as a temporary roof, 
another is hung across the doorway, and the house is ready 
for its first nights occupancy. The next morning a ridge 
pole and rafters are put up and then the roof is laid on 
them - a roof of broad strips of bark held in place by poles 
fastened at the ends by slender strips of green bark. 

"It is a cabin of logs built without a carpenter, twelve 
by fourteen feet square, with a hole in the roof to let out 
smoke, no stoves were in use yet. 

"An old news paper from New York is tom in two and 
saturated with grease is stretched across the window opening. 
The canvas from the wagon serves as a door. The cracks are 
chinked with pieces of split wood and then tightened with a 
thick mortar of mud. A fire place and chimney are constructed 
of stone, wood and mud. A barn of similar construction is 
built for the horses." 

The house was furnished from the forest for there was 
no store or any other house within a circuit of Harpursville 

of 20 miles. 



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"Four chairs three or four blocks are sawed from the 
end of a log. For a bed stead holes were bored in one of 
the logs at the side of the cabin 1-1/2 feet above the 
ground. Poles about 4 feet long were hewn off at one end 
and driven into these holes the other end supported by 
blocks like the chairs. On these were laid boughs, blankets 
and quilts." 

The table was constructed on one side the same way as 
the bed stead with a top of split log hewn as smooth as 
possible. The fire place is simply a spot on the ground 
under the hole in the roof. From the wagon they brought 
forth a long handled frying pan, a cast iron bake kettle, 
one or two tin pans, a black earthen steeper, knives, forks 
and tinned iron spoons, cups, saucers and plates. 

The next spring, 1786, the Edward Badgers arrived into 
the Lamphere clearing. Mrs. Lamphere greeted them, it made 
no difference who they were, all were alike in the beginning 
in Harpursville. All were friends and all willing to help 
one another. 

"I am Lemuel Badger the elder man said and this is my 
brother Nathaniel and he is Carper Spring pointed to the 
third in the group. The Badgers built on ground where the 
Great house stands now." 

(Copied from the Harpursville Budget of Sept. 29, 1886.) 

J. D. Bancroft came with the second generation when there 
were saw mills to furnish sawed lumber and a village with 


stores. 


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Presbyterian Church in Windsor 
1793 - 1876. 

Rev. J.S.'Pattingill 
Luther M. Smith. 

You all know that this valley (Susquehanna) was the 
home of the Iroquois of the Six Nations. It was a region 
that supplied them with game and fish and with a little 
culture a plentiful yield of corn-. 

To these nations - came missionaries from Connect¬ 

icut in 1752; Timothy Woodbridge, Gideon Hawley, Mr. and 
Mrs. Benjamin Ashley. The mission continued for three 
years. In 1755 a son of President Edwards, a lad of ten 
years, stayed a year with the mission and the Indians to 

learn their language. - He wished to prepare his son 

to be a future missionary to the Indians. Parents then 
regarded their children as under their absolute command 
in matters of conscience and vocation. -. 

The Indians were finally driven from this valley 
during the Revolution. -. This valley two miles be¬ 
low and and six miles above,-, where Unadilla now stands 

was called Great— rOnaughquaga, notorious center for Ind¬ 
ians and Tories. -. Sullivan's Expedition in 1778-9 

drove the Tories and Indians out and into Canada. 

After the peace of 1783 settle ment began. -. 

In March of 1785 Nathan Lane, John Doolittle and Mr. 
Lamphere lashed two conoes together at Wattles Ferry, now 
Unadilla and came down the river to Harper's Flats, .called 
Scoderts. The following came the next year; Abel Doolittle, 
William Moore, John and Jacob Springsteen, Nathaniel'and 
Lemuel Badger, George HArper, David Hotchkiss, Elmore Rus¬ 
sell, Rosewell Higly, John Gurnspy. Benjamin Bird, James 
Knox, Isaac Foot, and Ebenezer Smith. A portion of them 
settled on the west side of the river and part on the East. 

Most of the newcomers settled on Coles Hill. They came from 
Litchfield Conn, and and Berkshire Mass. Bainbridge and Afton 





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were settled thesame year by settlers from Vermont and Connec¬ 
ticut. 

In 1793 the church in Windsor and Coleshill was organ¬ 
ized by Rev. Benjamin Judd, 

The religious Society of Coleshill included the names 
of Job Bunnell, Isaac Tyrrell, Nathaniel Cole, Anselm Cole, 
Sylvanus Cole, Isaac Williams. June 24, I 803 . 

In 1837 the church was divided over the slavery issue. 

Hot firebrands of dissension were thrown into the church Heresy 
was held up as pretense but slavery was the real issue. 

This is a very rough summary of theoriginal report, P.M.B. 

I n 1S00 the church wa^ organized as Congregational and 
in 1827 it adopted the Presbyterian form of church government# 


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New York. 

Dear Madam, December 7, 1793. 

We have last night finished our business, being 
now ready to put to sea. We have settled all our old 

or fipst debts which we owed here towards the sloop as 

> 

also all our duties excepting our last salt, which is 
but trifling. Van Orden and myself have advanced to¬ 
wards, the sloop and cargo, now on board, 6 pounds, 3 
shillings and 11 pence, which monies we are to take 
to the West Indies out of the cargo and lay out be¬ 
tween ourselves. I have besides, twenty barrels of 
the best kiln dried indian meal on which I expect to 
make considerable profit besides my commission on the 
cargo and my full half of the three quarters of the 
cargo to somthing worth while. W T e have taken our 
clearance to the island of St Croix or any of the 
West Indies markets although although I expect we 
shall go to Antigua? Guadeloupe which is'allowed. 

We are all in good health on board only Jape informs 

me that Hurger has got the clap- from that crazy 

woman that has wondered at the landing. Our people 
in Jersey are all well. Mamma thinks it very haEd my 
going to sea. I have not had time to go and see them. 
The old Dominy requested me by letter which I found at 

-—- to not fail.to come and see them when I am 

down as he said it_ probably would be the }.ast time, 
however I am not out of the hands of Providence, He 
is able to protect as we^.1 at sea as on land. I 
have sent you one dozen black handled knives and forks 
by Van Orden which I bought at Vandue. I hope God who 



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is able to bring us face to face again will not fail. 

My best respects to your father and all our friends, 

* 

Farewell. I remain your very affectionate friend, 

John Oemarest. 

To Mrs. Catharine Oemarest 

» 

Mr. Murphy has dissapointed me about my thick boots, 
tell him that it will certainly cost him the making of 
a pair of shoes when I get^back Let him bring the 
boots home where they will be safe. 


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Captain John Demarest - 


Benedict Arnold, traitor - 

The English Navy ! s "Beef Eaters"• 

For centuries the English have had a passion for beef. It 
was palatable and they believed it assured health, strength and 
courage. They used the term "beef eaters" to designate those 
muscular yoemen who comprised the Royal Gurad",and also that 
broad shouldered executioner who swung the ax that beheaded so 
many in the Tower of London. But the expression crept into the 
slang of non-English people, the world around, to designate 
all Englishmen. 

In the interval between the Revolution and the War of 1812 
English warships and privateers patrolled the waters of the 
West Indies. Sailors who had been at sea for many weeks be¬ 
came weary of ship-board rations. They were only too aware of 
the excessive loss from their numbers due to disease and death. 
They had learned the value of lime juice in the prevention of 
scurvy and quite understandably believed that if fresh beef 
was added to their diet it would certainly improve their moral 
and might improve their health. On the Islands they could get 
fresh fruit but not beef. Cattle do not thrive in the tropics. 

Two groups of entrepreneurs saw an opportunity for profit 
in the English hunger for beef. Residents of the islands hunt¬ 
ed wild cattle in nearby Venezuela and sold this relatively 
poor beef to the English. Also, some courageous Yankee sea¬ 
men brought beef cattle of better quality from New England. 

One of these was Captain John Demarest. His vessel, the Com¬ 
merce of New York, was much like the small ship in the picture 
below. The exact description of 
his ship we were able to secure 
from the permanent records of 
the New York Harbor Master. On 
December 13, 1794, he sailed out 
of New York Harbor with a cargo 
of live cattle, live chickens 
and some "fine Indian meal". He 
expected a very good "return" 
when he reached the Indies. 

There were hazards in this 
venture. Pirates were active 
along our eastern shores and in 
the waters around the Islands. 

English privateers and warships 
were in these waters primarily 
to harass French shipping but 
were occasionally seizing our 
vessels and impressing American i d 

seamen. Indeed, this became a cause of the war of 1812. 

High among the risks was the occurance of disease and death a- 
mong northerners who ventured into this tropical environment. 









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On December 31, 1794, as Captain Demarest’s boat approached 
the Island of St Pierre it was hailed by a party which came out 
to meet it. In the party was the son of Benedict Arnold who 
invited the captain to come ashore and meet his father who was 
interested in buying the beef animals. A sale was negotiated 
which provided that Captain Demarest would deliver the animals 
to several different islands, in return for which he would be 
well paid. It also provided that General Arnold would give 
the captain a letter which would assure him of safe passage and 
also he was to provide a cargo for the return trip to New York. 

This appeared to be a very favorable contract. 

However, while delivering cattle as agreed, the Commerce 
was overtaken by an English war ship. A boarding party seized 
control of the vessel. When captain Demarest displayed General 
Arnold’s letter, which he had assumed would save him from English 
seizure the officer sent the letter to the Admiral on the war 
ship. For twenty-four hours the Commerce was required to follow 
her English captor. This was a period of anxiety for Captain 
Demarest. Was Arnold’s letter going to afford him the protection 
he had hoped for? 

It must be recalled that when General Arnold defected to the 
English he was taken to England where he expected that,in return 
for his favor, he would be given an appointment in the English 
military establishment. But to his dismay, after the English 
had secured all the information he had to give, they gave him 
nothing. No English officer would serve under a confessed traitor. 
The English saw him as a bungling traitor who could be of no more 
service to them. He left England deeply in debt and broken in 
health. He first went to Canada and then to the West Indies where 
he hoped to recover his health and fortune as a buyer of supplies 
for the English f Under these circumstances it is likely that 
ms letter had only limited value in the eyes of the Admiral. 

In this moment of uncertainty Captain Demarest could only 
surmise that the Admiral was considering two options. Would he 
claim the Commerce and impress its crew? Or would his hunger for 
good fresh beef lead him to free the Commerce and urge its captain 
to return with more good beef cattle, so much desired by the 
English crew of ”beef eaters”? He was greatly relieved when, not 
because of Arnold’s letter, but because of the welfare of his 
crew, the Admiral released the Commerce. The Captain now set about 
to assemble a cargo of sugar, rum, barrel hoops and staves afad 
hides for his return to New York. 

But disaster struck. As he prepared for his return, two of 
his crew became acutely ill and soon died. Two other sailors were 
employed and he hastened his preparations to leave. But he, too, 
became ill and his condition worsened. As was his custom he 
picked up his pen to make his daily entry in the log; this proved 
to be his last. He wrote the date, Friday the 13th —He 
laid down his pen and wrote no more. Was he superstitious? Had 
his luck run out? He died five days later, on February IS, 1795, 
and was given "a decent burial” in the friendly Dutch soil of 
the small island of St. Eustatia. 

(This is an historically accurate account derived from a 
letter written by Captain Demarest from New York to his wife 



in Clavarack, N.Y., the permanent files of New York*s Harbor 
Master, the Captain 1 s navigator f s log with detailed daily en¬ 
tries and a letter from Van Orden to the Captain f s widow on 
the return of the Commerce to New York. We also have letters 
and papers left by Dr. David Bancroft, the second husband of 
the Captains widow and also from Dr. J.D.Bancroft, her only 
child by her second husband. We also have letters exchanged 
between her son Dr. J.D.Bancroft and his half brother and sis 
ter, Henry and Nettie Demarest, her children by the Captain. 

Although Captain Demarest was not a blood relative he 
was held in high esteem by the Bancrofts for his name was pre 
served in that of Dr. John Demarest Bancroft of the seventh 
American generation and that of William Demarest Bancroft of 
the ninth generation. 

In the records of the Demarest Family Association the 
death and burial of Captain Demarest has been reported as 
occuring in New Orleans. This report corrects that error. 

(P.M.B.) 

























































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Notes from the Mariner f s Log of 
CAPTAIN JOHN DEMARE3T 
A daring Yankee Seaman vs 
BENEDICT ARNOLD and ENGLISH NAVY. 


Wednesday 10 December 1794 

2 pm *Left New York and come to ancre under Staten Island. 
2 am Hove up the ancre under Staten Island run for the 
Light House. Found the soundings 3 to 7 fathoms- 
run clear without the help of a pilot, 

John Demarest. 

Thursday 11 December 
10 pm Calm and tumbling sea 
12 pm Down main sail 
2 am Down squair sail 

6 am Sot main sail & small. Brese from the southard 


Friday 12 December 

4 pm Saw two sails to the west. Fresh breese and deep sea. 
10 pm Clear weather and light moon 
8 am Sot the foresail 


Saturday 13 December 
4 pm Saw a sail 
4 am Cloudy - thick air 
12 am Calm 


Sunday 
8 pm 


Monday 
6. pm 

pm 
2 jam 
8 am 
_10^am 


14 December 
Jibed ship 

At north a stiff breese, no sail in sight 
A cracking sea, a fine clear weather 
An old foul for dinner 

All in helth enough to eat our full allowances, 
excepting Jabe, he wishes to finnish the fresh 
pig for fear it would spoil. 

15 December 

Brisk breese & clear weather 
Inclining to squals 
Star light and moon 
In square sail, set fore sail 
Let the reefs out main sail 


Tuesday 16.December 

10 pm Down main sail & jib. Hove twoo for Bermudia 
4 am Set the jib and main sail 

8 am Clear wether, all in good helth excepting the 
large bald face ox, he will not eat anything 

♦ Verbatim, We introduced punctuation for clarity. 


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Wednesday 17 December 1794 

4 pm reefed the main sail 

6 pm reefed the main sail 

8 pm down the fore sail, down the long sail 
10 pm Squals of rain 

2 am Fresh gales and a tumbling sea makes all crack again. 

8 am All in tolerable good helth. Bad cooking, no tea 
nor coffee for brickfast. 

(For a period of ten days the record is missing P.M.B.) 

Friday 26 December 1794 

4 £m Clear weather - light air - smooth sea 

2 am clear - star light. 

8 am Breese increases a little 

* 

Friday 27 December 

3 pm clear weather - light air - smooth sea 

Sunday 28 December 

4 pm Clear weather - small breese 

6 am Only 300 pounds of hay left 

In sight of land • Fine weather but the wind not very 
favorable. All in good health - the Lord be praised. 

Monday29 December 
10 pm Came on a good breese 

8 am Spied an island which we take for Deserada (La Deserade ?) 

Tuesday 30 "December & Wednesday 31 

4 pm Got opposit St Piere (Saint Pierre on the west side of 
Martinique, P.M.B.) 

Two boats came on board, the first being Gen Arnold f s 
son, wishing us to give his father the first refusal 
of our cattle which we agreed to. Went on shore and 
the old General agreed to go with me aboard. Offered 6 joes 
a head and to deliver them to Dominick (Dominica P.M.B.) 
and the Saints with an agreement that there would at 
our return give us a full load of lumber for Grenada 
and at our return from there to give us a full load of 
sugar, coffee and molasses for New York. Sailed for 
Dominica * 

Thursday 1 January 

Got into Dominica at 12 oclock noon and come 

to ancre and went - on shore. Found one of the gentle¬ 
men we were directed to but he told us there could be 
nothing done this day, only we must apply to the Gov¬ 
ernor and take up his letter and we did. (Arnold had given 
the Captain a letter of introduction and assurance of 
safe passage for his vessel and crew. It should be recalled 
that English ships continued to sieze American vessels 
until the War of 1&12. P.M.B.) Found His Excellency at 
dinner with a large table full of officers. He received 
us politely, asking us t© take a glass of wine with him. 

We made no great apology, the wine was handed by the 
servant and we drank the gentlemens helth afterwards the 
Governor drank to the helth of the President of the United 
States helth which all the of fill's did not wish. He 


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Friday 2 January 

asked us a few questions sent us off* We got no per¬ 
mission to land anything until one oclock pm and then 
the inhabitants and slaves were on board of us as thick 
as bees to purchase our poultry which went off as fast 
as could be counted* It appeared to me as though they 
were almost starved out for the want of fresh provis¬ 
ions. Agreed with the gentlemen to land the half of 
cattle tomorrow morning early* 

Saturday 3 January 

Undertook to enter and clear which took us a half day. 

Had to run from one house to another and from that to 
the fort to get permission to sail. Being invited by 
Mr. Edward, a principal gentleman on the island, we went 
to dine with him on appointment at 3 oclock, Had some 
agreeable conversation and some disagreeable. He told us 
he had only three children. One by a French copper bot¬ 
tom, another by a Spanish and a third by a molatto. A 
fine thing says he to tell of in America. 

Sunday 4 January 

Hove up our ancar this morning at daylight. Went on 
shore in boat on aome small business when an officer on 
artillary came on board with me to buy the horses which 
he did. Got permit and landed them above the town. Like¬ 
wise part of our limon, then stood on for the Saints,got 
a fine breese. 

Monday 3th January, 1793 

Run into the Saints (Le Saints, small islands north west 
of Dominica. P.M.B.) Got to ancre about half past 11.am 
Went ashore with boat and agreed with the commissary to 
land them (cattle) immediately. Took dinner and then 
landed the cattle with some grain, hay and potatoes,af¬ 
ter which we hove up our ancre and stood off. Were 
hailed hy a sloop of war & ordered to show our per¬ 
mission to go without the harbor. Told him we had no 
other permission tha Generals agreement to land the 
cattle and come away. Sent us to a seventry four to 
get permission which he insisted on our staying till 
ten oclock next morning to take an officer with some 
letters to the Admiral. Agreed. ( the above appears 
to be a reference to Gen Benedict Arnolds instructions 
to deliver his cargo to Dominica and the Saints. It 
also appears to reflect the hostility of the English 
naval officers for Arnold who, a proven traitor, was 
dispised and not trusted even by the English. It also 
supports the view that England had not given up the 
belief she could recover her American colonies. It 
took the war of 1312 to dispell that expectation.?.M.B.) 

Tuesday 6 January 

The next morning it took sd>me time to bring the Captain 


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of the English frigate, which was done very genteely 
and after the -return of them on board we hoisted our 
ancre, we made sail and run down to the seventy four 
and stood off amd on under her stern when the officer 
hailed us out of the stern of the ship and told us 
they would be ready for us in half an hour. We made 
a reverent bow and thanked them accordingl.. In a- 
bout that time the gentleman came om board and we 
made sail for St Pierre, Martinica. Had a fine breese 
in running across to prince bay Dominica, got a- 

long under the land but night came on and it became calm. 
Run but a very small distance all night. 

Wednesday 7 January 1795 

Calm almost all day, being under the land on the west 
so the trade winds could not touch us, got down near by 
the town of Roseau at dusk but there being a current 
setting to the northward and calm we lost ground until 
-about 10 oclock at night, when we got a stiff breese 
but not very fair however we laid course out from under 
the land and went on very well all night. 

Thursday 8 January 

This morning we were nearly opposit the north end of 
the head cape of Martinica with a tolerable good breese 
-about 12 it failed and we got pretty much of a calm & 
rolling sea until after middle afternoon. Then took 
a breese off the land run down opposit St Pierrie. 

Friday 9 January 1795 

Got the vessel moved about 10 this morning, went on 
* shore to the custom house and got permission to land 
some of air small things. An opportunity offered- 
ed Captain Thompson to send letters to New York. Got 
them ready this evening and put them on board next 
morning. 

Saturday 10 January 

This day made a full entry to the Custom House and 
sold all our small affairs, broke up all our arnon 
and scoured the vessel, sold the whole of our potatoes 
and made some preparations to begin to load the be¬ 
ginning of next week for Grenada. 

Sunday 11 January 

2 pm some squalls of rain 

Fine clear morning. All in good helth. Spent the 
day in walking and seeing curiossoties• We saw Roman 
Catholics going into their meetings, dipping their 
fingers into in the marble basin and crossing them 
• - selves, when we got on the steps we saw several images 
cut in marble, among the others our Savior on the cross. 

In the afternoon we were gbing a past the coffee houses 
where the grandest people were at billiards. But the 
great part of the mechanics were at work as at any 
other day 


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Monday 12 January 

This morning got our water cask out of the hold 
got out our hoops and began to take in staves. 

Tuesday 13 January 

Continued taking in staves. The old General in¬ 
sists on our taking on some cattle as far as St. 
Lucy. (General Arnold, P.M.B.) Nichols will 
not agree to.it. He says he has had trouble 
enough 

Wednesday 14 1795 

Got a(fellow) who brought on board 2500 (staves) 
at li dollars per thousand. Got in the whole 
staves and headings 12500. Nichols has agreed 
with the General ^General Arnold) to take twenty 
cattle provided he gives him four Johanesses. 

Thursday 15 January . 

Fine clear this morning. After day light we are 
stowing away now to the best advantage in order 
to make room for the cattle. 

Friday 16 January 

Just undertook to move the vessel opposit the 
yard where the oxen are and got them in about 
three in the afternoon, prepared and set sale 
for St Luce 

Saturday morning 17th 

A good breese about midnight. This morning 
we were nigh the land, got into Canash, St. 

Luce at 9 this morning but could not land the 
cattle, only two. 

* • 

Sunday morning 1& January • 

Went a shore in order to get the blacks to re- 
cieve 18 cattle but they were too engaged at 
butchering, they said they could not attend 
us, however we prevailed at last and they re- 
cieved them in the course of the day. Set 
sail this this afternoon and got out. Small 
breese all night. 

Monday morning 19 January 

We are almost oposit the land, St. Vincent, 

Fine breese though but light. 

Tuesday 20 January 

Fine clear .morning and all well, thanks to 
the Lord and for His mercies. Calm towards 
night 


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Wednesday 21 January 

A small breese this morning. Got under the land, 

Granada, just before day light. Got into the harbor 
at 2 this afternoon being too late to go to the 
Custom House. Looked round at the price of staves 
‘were offered 5 Johanness per thousand 

Thursday morning 22 January 

Just preparing our manifests in order to go to Custom 
House. Made our entry with considerable*running 
about and began to unload staves. Bought 21 Hhds o£ 
.(Hogsheads) . of sugar. 

Friday morning 23 January 

Endeavored to get some of them shifted but could not 
get through 

Saturday 24th 

Got our sugar nearly all shifted. But the cask in bad 
drder shall be required to get a new cask. (pobably 
the cask for their water supply)• Got out all of 
General Arnolds staves. 

Sunday 25 January 

Jeremiah & John sick do not eat anything of consequence. 

The doctor has been to visit him twice, three or four 
Yankee Captains have this day been on board. 

Monday 26th 

Hired four negrows on account of our hands being sick 
and not able to work. Got on shore nine thousand 
staves 

Tuesday morning 27th January 

A fine morning. The black fellows have again got to 
work this day. Got all our staves and headings on 
shore. Shall with the help of Providence begin to 
load sugar tomorrow morning. 

Wednesday 2$rd 

Got all our sugar in. - This evenibg Jeremiah very 

low and Johny considerable bad. 

Thursday morning 29th 

This morning at one oclock we had the melancnoly scene of 
the death of Jeremi which I cannot express myself, I 
have his key. He was gentelly born. 

Friday morning 30th a'few minutes past 9 John Sturges died. I am 
at a great stand and hardly know what to dowe. This after 
noon burried (them) A number of american captains with 
the Chaplain followed to both graves. Captain Nichols 
somewhat unwell and we being ready to sail all except 
clearing out the vessel. I went on shore about ten. Cleared 
out with a great deal of fatigue and concluded the next 
morning to set sail for Martinica 


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Saturday 31 January 

(Part of the above belongs to this date) 

Went on shore at St Gorges, Granada for the last time 
in order to get some small stores and returned on ooard. 
Paid the funeral expenses of Jeremia Barrenger and John 
Sturges. We undertook to get underway which we had tite 
work with so few hands but we finally got under way the 
wind about east north east, we fell some to leeward. 

Sunday 1st february 

Fine morning. The wind somewhat scant. The remain¬ 
ing of our family in tolerable helth, thanks to Almighty 
God 

Monday morning 2nd 

The wind light. We have run past Martinca and in 
sight of Dominica. Hove about, the wind straight ahead 
we fear we shall not be able to make the island of,Mart- 
inica. Stood back and forth all day and do not seem 
to gain as we expect as the current is also against us. 

Tuesday 3 February 

This morning appear to be something nearer the Island 
The wind somewhat more to the northard. Stood back and 
forth all day and night. Stood well to south ward 
which we expect would be an advantage. 

Wednesday morning 4th of February 

We were to the southward and west of the Island. Hove 
about just before day and stood to the northard as far 
east as the wind would admit. About ten oclock the 
wind came around to the southard arnd we got opposit 
St.Pierre. A tolerable breese,but at dusk it became 
calm which it was all night. 

Thursday 5th of February 1795 

A fine morning but calm we being about four miles be¬ 
low the town of St Pierre, wishing to get in as soon as 
possible, let our boat down and she leaked so fast as 
two men could bail, were obliged to haul her in again 
and go to of her. When we got opposit the town 

I hired a boat and went on shore when it was a little 
after twelve. Found General Arnold at his house went 
down and got his vessel. In about two oclock in after¬ 
noon preparing to take in sugar on freight. 

Friday 6th February 1795 

A fine morning. Preparing to give the bottom 
Made our entry and went to work on the vessels bottom 
almost finnished. 

Saturday 7th February 

Got our permit for sixty Hogsheads of sugar and ten 
of molasses e Got yhe vessel ready to take in only 
our sugar 


cr* 


Sunday Morning Bth 

All our family well and a fine morning* We expect to¬ 
morrow to begin to take in sugar on freight 

Monday 9 February 

I went on shore this morning in order to get the sugar 
a long side but found poor encouragement for this days 
work were pretty much a joke* This day waiting on 
sugar we were to take on freight* Agreed with two men 
as saylors to go with us to New York at 16 dollars per 
iponth 

Tuesday 10 

Very little done towards getting on freight 
Wednesday 11 February 

Got in 17 hogsheads of sugar and two barrels and one 
hogshead and one bag of coffee for Mr, Blakely three 
tierces clayed sugar for myself, some hides for Gen, 
Arnold 


Thursday 12 February 

Very little prospect of much more freight 
Friday 13th 


Note by Dr* John D, Bancroft probably written in 1&2& when he used 
the blank pages of this nautical log as a copy book - 

"This closes the journal of John Oemarest* He was soon after taken 
sick and died at sea. He was my mother’s first husband and I bear 
his name* 

Captain Demarest death John Demarest Bancroft. 

After Captain Oemarests death the ship was returned to New York by 
Captain Nichols who prepared this manifest of cargo. 


A true manifest 

of all goods, wares and merchandise shipped on the Amercian 
Sloop Commerce of Catskill. John Nichols, master, now in 
St* Pierre, Martinica and bound for New York. 


Dated 

St Pierre ' 
13 February 
1795 


Contents 

21 Hhds (Hogheads) sugar 
3 Puncheons sugar 
9 Tierces " 

Barrels w 
1 Hhd and bag of coffee 
1 Hhd of molasses 
Hides 


Shipper 
John Demarest 
E.C.Arnold 
Mr. Blakely 


36b 


From the permanent record of the Harbor Master of New 
York Harbor. 

n - said ship or vessel was built at Long Idland in the 

State'.of New York in the year of Seventeen Hundred and 
Ninety three and appears by certification of registry 
issued at the Port of Fairfield, Connecticut on the 
twenty first day of September 1793 —— 

- "Said vessel has one deck and one mast 

Her length is 60 feet 

Her breadth 20 feet 

Her depth 7 feet 

Xnd that her measures 70 and 70/95 tons 

She has a square stern, no galleries and no head. 

—- and the sloop has been duly registered at the Port of 
New York,-• 



























































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Education 

It was in 1795 the Governor George Clinton laid the 
foundation for common schools when he secured an approp¬ 
riation of $50,000. to be divided among the several count¬ 
ies in proportion to the number of electors. In 1819 
there were 6,000 school districts. By 1878 there were 
250,000 scholars. Cherry Valley had 12 districts and 
4 joint disticts. They had 22 teachers, 8 male and 14 
female. Scholars ranged from 5 to 21 years. Out of 
713 average daily attendance was was 262. Otego had 
16 districts and one joint district with 44 teachers 
and 609 scholars who ranged from 5 to 21 years. Aver¬ 
age daily attendance 277. 


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On the Death of Hervey Birdsall, son of John and Mary 
(Potter)Birdsall. died Nov. 20, 1&01, ae 3 yrs. 9 mons. 

Alas my dear hervey is gone, 

And left me behimd for to mourn, 

I no more can hear the voice of my dear, 

He no.more to me will return. 

November, the ninth day, at night, 

I^was. filled with fear concerning my dear 
The he never will be well again, 

His hoarseness began to increase, 

Attended with shortness of breath, 

A cough, hoarse and dry, which immediately, 

Foretold the approach of his death 

Physicians were cold for to aid 
to give him relief in his breath 
But all was in vain, we could not obtain 
he must fall a prey unto death 
my hervey must now bid adieu 
to earthly enjoyments below 
and leave me to mourn, he can never return 
My sorrow no mortal doth know. 

Descend thou comforting dove 

Speak peace to my troubled soul 
0 jesus draw near and comfort me here 
Till Im called to the master above. 

Where I hope my dear Hervey to meet 
and never no more for to part 
When sorrow shall cease in that world of peace 
when all are united in heart, 
to praise the lamb that was slain 
that thou hast redeemed us to god 
and fall at his feet, and the story repeat 
the purchase was thy previous blood/ 

by Mary Birdsall. 

(The lack of capitals and punctuation and vocablulary 
reveal the fact that girls commonly received very little 
education before 1&00. Boys were given some schooling 
but girls were taught at home and largely from the 
bible. The Birdsalls were a strong and vigorous family 
John Birdsall, Elder in his church, civic leader and 
successful farmer and business man. Today many of their 
descendants still live in what is called TT Birdsall Country, 
around the old homestead. 


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39 


August 1794 

The Pumpkin Freshet. 

News paper report in the files describing a flood of the 
Susquehanna which washed away crops and property. 

Rafting, 

For a period of years after the settlement in 1786 the 
leading interest and the staple produce of the town was its 
pine lumber. In almost every direction from Karpursville 
were extensive tracts of land thickly covered with pine timber. 
This being the only product that could be taken to market and 
it usually commanded a ready sale. 

In every direction from the Stone Landing mills were 

built and put in active operation - 

It was marketed by floating down the river in rafts 
whenever, by reason of rains or melting snow in the spring 
vdienever the river had sufficient water to float rafts. 

Lemuel Badger had a mill near the stone landing down at 
the mouth of the Karpursville creek. In 1798 he cut a large 
quantity of pine trees on the lands between the site of the 
village and the river. They were cut into proper lengths 
and drawn to the mill in the winter and in the following 
spring and summer sawed into boards. 

The boards were piled up on the banks and remained there 
a while to season. The men who lumbered it were a species 
of the human race as distinct as race or color could make 
one. He was a person "suis generis." 

To him the sun rose and set solely for him to make pine 

boards. 

As a species of the human race, the lumberman has, in 
this vicinity become extinct as have also the pine trees 
themselve s. 

The great carnival of the lumber, and the season of the 
most absorbing interest, was the rafting season. All hands 
were employed in constructing the rafts and to prepare for 
the trip down the river. 


from the Budget. 



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Jan. 1, 1800 

Description of a first experience of teaching. 

New York Teacher, Vol 1 & 2 pp 48-50 in Mass. 

Had attended an academy for one quarter. Winter quarter 
started after Thanksgiving, 1st Mon. 

Prospective teachers were examined by a committee, the 
lawyer, the minister & principle of the Academy. 

One Harvard graduate, had taught 20 yrs, had many 
certificates, was rejected. 

I was still in my teens, had no certificate, graduated 
only from district school, had but one quarter of 
Academy. Issued certificate indicating he was competent 
to teach in any English grammer school. 

The Academy representative had been his teacher. 


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Real Estate transfers- 
Indenture Aug. 16, 1804 

Henry Livingston of the Town of Livingston, Columbia Co. N.Y. 
To John Birdsall Jr. of the Town of Franklin, Delaware Co. 
N.Y. 

$600.00 

210 acres in Franklin, Delaware Co., N.Y., being part of 
lot 32, Wallaces Patent on theii Susquehanna River. 

Indenture Sept. 2?, 1805. 

John Birdsall and Mary his wife, Town of Franklin, Delaware 
County, N.Y. 

To Ephraim Spring, same Town 

$500.00 

92 Acres and 80 square rods. 

Indenture Oct. 25, 1821. 

Daniel Martin and wife Susan of the Town of Windsor 

To Phebe Osborn 

$275.00 

Northeast corner of Hammand tract, Lot 10 
35 acres. 




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Dr. John Demarests Large Account Book was First Used 

by His Father Dr. David Bancroft III when 

in Adversity he had a road-side 

Tavern. 


In the large account book used by Dr. John D. Bancroft 
for his Colesville and Harpursville practice are entries 
for a road side tavern in Moretown Vermont, March 1,1807, 
and represents one year in Dr. David Bancrofts adversity 
when his wife was dying of of "consumption and he was 
ill with the same disease and unable to manage his land 
and unfit to practice medicine. John was seven years 
old. Eventually Dr. David III lost his wife, his fortune 
the Oothout annuity and was committed to a debtirs cell. 
He did not die as did his wife but / lived as a semi in¬ 
valid. He remarried and had a family of six boys and 
one girl which he had difficulty supporting on small 
rented farms and a school teacher’s salary. 

John Demarest left home at fifteen years as an itin¬ 
erant school master. At this he was successful and he 
found it a rather care free way of life until at twenty 
one he realized that like Ichobod Crane he could have 
neither fortune or wife in this pursuit. He was temp¬ 
ted to enter a trade, brewing, tayloring or tanning but 
his father, who could not give him financial help, never= 
the less succeeded in urging him to get more educatiion. 
At this point his decisions were also influenced by his 
first fifteen years in which he lived in the homes of 
the wealthy Oothouts and Demarests. He acquired a taste 
for culture and a hunger for wealth and power. The in¬ 
fluences of his father and his grandfather eventually im¬ 
pelled him into medicine and speculation in land. At 
the peak of his career ne attained both professional 
success and wealth. 

John Demarest Bancroft, through his mother, had a 
half brother and sister, her children by Capt. Demarest 
and five living half brothers and a half sister, his 
fathers children by his second wife. He had a warm 
attachment to these sibblings. P.M.B. 


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October 4, 1798. 


Page 171 Moretown Land Record. Vermont. 

Jesse Gilbert deed to David Bancroft 
Know all men by these presents that I, Jesse Gilbert, 
of Hampden in the County of New Haven and State of 
Connecticut for and in consideration of $3,000. Fed¬ 
eral currency - to me in hand paid before the delivery 
here of by David Bancroft of Catskill, Ulster County, 
State of New York the receipt there of I confirm have 
given grantee, bargained sell, convey and confirm un¬ 
to him, the said David Bancroft, to his heirs, assigns 
forever the following lands being in Moretown, in the 
county of Chittenden of the state of Vermont, viz. 
the original rights of Benjamin Higgins, James Bradley, 
Joseph Griffem, Isaac Keiller, Thomas H. Johns, Ebenezer 
Brown, Johnathan Smith, to wit 230 acres of the right 
of John Dyckman, 230 acres of the Right Henry Whiting, 

One hundred acres of the right of Joseph Stebbins 
and 100 acres of the original of Ezekial Bradley con¬ 
taining 3,000 acres- To have and to hold the 

above granted and bargained premises with all the 
privileges and appertinaneesuithere unto belonging to 
him, the said David Bancroft, his heirs and assigns 
to his and theirs, their own property and benefit for¬ 
ever and of the said John Gilbert do for myself, my 
heirs, executors and administrators covenant to and 
with the said David Bancroft, his heirs, executors 
and administrators that at and until the ensealing 
and delivering have of, here of, I am well siezed 
of the premisses in my own right all good inde ible 
estate of inheretance and that I have good right and 
lawful authority to bargain and sell the same in man¬ 
ner and form as is above written and that the said 
granted premisses are free and clear of all encum¬ 
brances whatever and I shall and will warrant and 
defend the the same to him, the said David Bancroft 
agai st all lawful claims and demands’" of all persons 
whatever, for witness where of I have here unto set¬ 
ting my hand and seal this fifth day of October in 
the year of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred and 
eighty eight. 

Signed and sealed Jesse Gilbert 
Delivered in the presence of 

J. Davis Caledonia Cohty Montpelior, Oct 1, 1798 

D. Wingyorst This day personally a'ppeafed before 

Gilbert the signer of the foregoing inst-. 
rument and acknowledged the same.to be his 
free act Moretown Oct. 4, 179§ 

David Seymour, Justice 

(V rmor.t St~te Archives 59332218, Vr>rmor.t Sec, of 3+ete, 


Mortv el i or) 




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45 


Confession of Faith. 

(This confession of faith was given by Harvey 
Bancroft (6) to the elders of the Baptist church in 
1795 just prior to his baptism by immersion when he 
was twenty seven years of age. P.M.B.) 

Eternal and ever blessed God - I desire to pre¬ 
sent myself before Thee with the deepest humiliation 
and abasement of soul, sensible how unworthy such 
a sinful worm is to appear before Thy Holy Magesty 
the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and especially 
on an occasion like this - even to enter into a 
Covenant Transaction with Thee. But the sckeem and 
plan is Thine Own. Thine infinite condesention hath 
offered it to Thy son and Thy Grace hath inclined my 
Heart toaccept it. (verbatim P.MJL.) 

I come acknowlidging myself to have been a 
great offender humbly Praying that God would be 
Mercifull to me a sinner. I come invitee by the Name 
of the Son and wholly trusting in His Perfect Right- 
ousness that He will no longer remember my Sin - Re- 
ceeve Thy revolted Creature - I beseech Thee - who 
is now convinced of Thyight to him and desires noth¬ 
ing so much as that he may be Thine. 

I do this day with utmost Sollemity surrender 
to Thee - I renounce all former Loves that have had 
dominion over me and I consecrate to Thee all that I 
am and all that I have - the faculties of my mind - 
the members of my body - my whole possessions - my 
time and my influence over others. All to be used 
entirely for Thy Glory and resolutely employed in 
obedience to Thy Commandments as long as Thou con- 
tinueth me in life with an ardent desire and hum¬ 
ble resolution to continue Thine through all the 
endless ages of Eternity- ever holding myself in 
an attentive posture to observe the first intimation 
of Thy Will and ready to spring forward with zeal 
and joy to the immediate* excecution of it. To Thy 




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direction also I resign myself and all I now have to 
be disposed of by Thee in such a manner as Thou in Thy 
Infinite Wisdom judgest most subservient to Thy Purpose 
and Thy Glory. 

To Thee I leave the management of all events and 
say without reserve - not my will but Thine be done - 
rejoycing with a Loyal Heart in Thine unlimited gov¬ 
ernment as what ought to be the delight of the whole 
Creation. Use me 0 Lord - I beseech Thee - as an in¬ 
strument of Thy Glory. Number me among Thy Peculiar 
people. Let me be washed in the blood of Thy dear Son. 

Let me be clothed with His Righteousness. Let me be sanct¬ 
ified by His Spirit. Let my life be spent under those in¬ 
fluences and in the light of Thine gracious countenance 
as my Father and my God. And when the solemn hour of death 
comes may I remember this Thy Covenant well and in all things 
and sure as all my salvation and all my desire though every 
other hope and desire is perishing - and Thou remember it 
to - and then look down in pitty, 0 my Heavenly Father on 
Thy languishing and dying child. Embrace me in the arms 
of Thy Mercy. Put strength and confidence in my depart¬ 
ing Spirit and receive it to them as sleep in Jesus peace¬ 
fully and joyfully to wait the Accomplishment of Thy Great 
Promise to all Thy people even that of a Glorious Resur¬ 
rection and Eternal happiness in Thine Heavely presence. 

If any surviving Friend should, when I am in the dust 
meet with this memorial of my solemn transaction with Thee 
may he make the engagement of his own and do Thou graciously 
admit him to partake with all the Blessings of Thy Covenant 
through Jesus the Great Mediator of it, to whom with Thee, 

0 Father, and Thy Holy Spirit be ever lasting Praise as¬ 
cribed ny the millions who are thus saved by Thee and by 
all those other CEiestial Spirits in whos work and blessed¬ 
ness Thou shalt call them to share. Amen. 

Glorious Jehova, one God in three persons, before Thee 
and all Thy Saints and Angels I now with deep abadement and 
humiliation of soul desire to set my hand humbly trusting 
Thy Grace to enable me to do it and perform the obligations 
of this Covenant to Thy Glory ans acceptation through Jesus 
Christ, Aman. Signed Harvey Bancroft Ward, Mass. 


March 21,1807 


Dear Brother and Sister in Christ, 

A few days ago I received a let er from you 

saying you had not had any letter from me since 

Joe was at your house I wrote you a long letter 

last summer and have waited for an answer and I 

should have written you again before this. I am 

attached to a Revenue Cutter which cruises on this 

station in the same capacity I was in in the old 

cutter. The most part of the time I have been at 

home with my family. On the 30th day of Januay 

Hannah was delivered of a boy We are now lying 

in. She has through the goodness of God almos t 
recovered her health again. Thus you see what 

accounts we have to bless God for His goodness. 

We expect to sail tomorrow for It is prob - 

ably that we shall return to New -jHaven in the 

course of two or three weeks. I calculate to 

write a little each day in this letter until it 

is finished. The subject of religion being a 

theme on which I like to dwell. 

(Long discussion of his religous views) 

L. Pangar. 

Probably Dr. John D. Bancroft 










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4 $ 


Febr 2, 1809 


Retail Prices at Harpur's^Store 

1795 2 sides of leather 15 3/4 lbs 

2 files 

1 hammer 

2 lbs of allum 
4 yds clico 

2 lbs of tea 
-§• lb Tobacco 

8 yds Territon @ 3/4/2 

7 yds Nankeen 
11 lbs Bohea tea 

2 lbs tobacco 
1 Pocket book 

8 lbs #20 brads at l/4 

6 lbs coffee at 2/4 
1 Iron plane 1/6 

1 doz pipes at 1/ 

2 yds ribbon 4/ 

203 lbs assorted nails 

7 yda Fust ion at 3/4 
100 lbs sugar 

Rum 14 - 5 - gals at 15/6 
Rum Cask 

1800 Bohea Tea 10 lbs 
2 Sickles 

4 lbs Chocolate 

5 Gal rum at 15/6 
Nails 300 lbs 2 penny 

390 " 12 " 

200 M 8 M z 

at l/4 per pound 
by a proces of 


pounds 

3 


1803 1013 lbs of nails 

1805 1 calf skin 19/0 

l6i gals Whiskey at 5/ 
1810 3 bbls prime pork at $18 


Shillings pence 
11 / 0 
6/ 4 

2/ 9 

2 / 8 
20 / 

?/ , 

9 / 

i/6/0 

1/13/10 

2/4/0 

3/ 

6/6 


1/6 

4/ 

20/13/8 

1/3/9 

5/0/0 

11/9/9 

9/ 

2 / 0/0 

6/6 

12/0 

3/17/6 


or 48/6/8 ? 
substration this comes 
$148.33 dependable 

59/1/10 


to 


4/2/6 , , 

$59.or 21/12/0 


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ca 1808 

Dr, David Bancroft's Concern for His Son. 

The marriage of young Dr. David Bancroft III 
to Catharine (Oothout) Demarest, the widow of Cap¬ 
tain Jan Demarest, seemed so promising. David had 
recently completed his medical training and could 
expect income from this source. He also had suf¬ 
ficient resources to buy seven* farms in Vermont, 3,000 acres 
where they settled. This assured income. He 
was elected Justice of the Peace, another resource 
The wealthy Judge Oothout was so pleased with the 
marriage that he settled a generouu. annual endow¬ 
ment on his daughter. Their financial success 
seemed assured. Then disaster struck. She died 
of "consumption”, he became ill with the same dis¬ 
ease and could not manage his farms or practice 
medicine. He lost everything and found himself 
in a debtors cell. His friends secured his re¬ 
lease but he never regained his health or his for¬ 
tune. What should become of his only child by 

Catharine, John Demarest Bancroft? 

• * • 

On an irregular shaped scrap of paper, which 

r ^ ' I c ,*« • f ^ . r # -V | r r ■■ ■*, ? * * • • 1 t ’ * 

had keen used to mend the binding of an old book 

• • 

we found this fragment of a first draft of a letter 
Dr. David had drafted for some member of the Oothout 
family. This is in response to an Oothout offer to 
adopt the boy. 

I have received yours.of the 19th 
I am glad to know of the Oothout^s“in¬ 
tention about John Demarest. If he would 
keep him in a good school, keep him out 
of bad practices and bad habits and re¬ 
turn him _*o me any time he or I shall 
wish it)I might agree to let him take the 
boy home, otherwise I do not wish him to 
take the boy out of my care. I would 
rather have him with me in school (Dr. 

David was now teaching school) But if 
he can be in a good school and well gov¬ 
erned at Catskill, under my present ad¬ 
verse circumstances, I should be glad. 









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It is clear that Dr. David Bancroft realized that 
the wealthy Oothouts could give his son many advantages 
if he let them have him. It was not called adoption 

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in that day. Instead the boy was indentured , that 

- 

is,bound to submit to their discipline until of age. 
Unfortunately such children^became indentured slaves, 
denied an education and exploited at menial labor.. 

At another time we will describe the experience of a 
Birdsall boy, who on the death of his parents, was in= 
dentured to a rich relative who exploited him in this 
way. Other sources reveal that the boy was not inden¬ 
tured but did live most of the time with the Oothouts 
until the age of fifteen years. This profoundly 
affected his later life for, although on the frontier 
most of his life, he promoted community culture and 
gained a fortune as the Oohouts had through land spec¬ 
ulation . 

From an odd, torn, stained scrap of waste paper 
came a story of a father's love and concern for his 
son. 


An early U.S.Patent. 

This document bears the signatures of Pres. James 
Madison and Sec. of State Robert Smith. See photo copy 
P.C. 53 


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51 


1810 


Settlement of the Annuity 

Henry Oothoudt died 14 July 1801 
Caty (Catkarine his daughter) wife od David Bancroft 
daughter of the deceased died 5 Nov, 1808. 

Annuity $200. per anum 

Caty survived her father 7 yrs and 3 4 months 
The whole amount of the annuity from the death 
of Judge Oothoudt, to the death of bis daughter 


Cathy is 


$1453*33 

*n AA 



Cr. by $1131.38 


DatxLd Bancroft’s Recpts 


Aug. 21, 1800 
Oct. 15, 1300 
Febr. 7, 1301 
Oct. 15, 1301 
Nov. 23, 1302 
Jan. 26, 1804 
Oct. 13, 1304 
Dec. 13, 1304 
Jan 3, 1306 


#38.56 


5.00 

10.00 

11.00 


200.00 
200.00 


Apr. 8 1806 


Tt 


TT 


50.00 

84.00 

43.75 

10.00 

5.00 


D. Bancroft’s order Jonathan Champlin 

183.00 

Pd L.L.Lush of D. Bancroft’s acct 



Original in legal sized binding 





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In 1814, when fourteen years of age, John Demarest 
Bancroft made an arithmetic book. Text books were 
uncommon and children often made their own books. 
Using fools cap and employing a he«vy paper cover 
and home made binding they fashioned a book in which 
they copied problems which were often derived from 
an* English text book. We have several of these 
school books, made by him or his brothers, in our 
collection. P.M.B. 


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Unadilla 

Fefcr. 19 (about 1814- 
before envelopes 

Miss Susan Birdsall, 

Pawlins, Co. of Dutchess, N.Y. 

Dear Child, 

I would inform you that for the most part since 
you have been absent we have enjoyed our health as 
well as usual. The measles have lately come into the 
family. They have all gotten better except Laura. 

She is not breaking out. Your friends and acquaint¬ 
ances are generally well. We have received two let¬ 
ters from you and was happy to find that you were well 
and well satisfied with the usage you have received. 
But the great satisfaction was to hear that your mind 
seems to be on things of a spiritual nature. May that 
Being which is the true light so shine into your 
heart that you may be able to comprehend the great 
and glorious work of redemption our absence has not 
in the least weaned our affection for you if as you 
hinted in your first letter. You have chosen the 
path of virtue. I trust your path of conduct will 
prove it to be the case. The hand of Providence has 
separated us for how long is unknown to us. May 
we conduct so wisely that if our next meeting must 
be when the nations of the earth are gathered to hear 
their final doom, may we meet with joy. Accept these 
few lines together with our best wishes. 

We remain your indulgent parents, 

John Birdsall 
Mary Birdsall 

Remember us to any enquiring friends. 





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Febr. 19, 1814 


Dear Sister, 

I must close this letter with a few lines to you. 

I am very anxious to hear from you. This is the 
third letter we have wrote since we had any from you. 
Do not be neglectful about writing for be assured 
the greatest consolation I feel in my lonesome hours 
is in perusing your kind letters. I would inform 
you I have had a very agreeable visit in the town of 
West Ford this winter. Our friends were all in 
good health there except Uncle Nathan's youngest 
child that had the inflammation of the lungs. I 
don't think there is any probability that it is 
living now. I went home with Uncle and Aunt and 
returned with Mr. Hanam. I was gone eleven days. 

Mr. Smith and Margaret is preparing a visit to Green 
bush. They calculate to set out on their journey 
on the 21 of February. This letter they will 
carry to Greenbush. I want to know if you have 
received any that we have put in the post office. 

I am, with respect, your affectionate sister, 

Tacy Birdsall 

PS. Mother thinks it not best for you to trouble 
yourself about a great coat. She will make you one 
if she lives till next fall. 


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GOOD ADVICE 


1817 


Observe and mark as well as you may what is the temper 
and disposition of those persons whose speeches you hear, 
whether they be grave, serious, wise or descrete persons. 

If they be such their speeches are commonly like themselves 
and well deserve your attention and observation. But if 
they be light, impertinent, vain passionate persons, their 
speech is for the most part accordingly, and the best 
advantage you will gain by their speech is but thereby to 
learn their dispositions; to discern their failings and to 
make yourself more coustious both in your own conversation 
with them, and in your own speech and deportment for in the 
unseemliness of their speech you may better discern and 
avoid the like yourself. If any person that you do not very 
well know to be a person of truth, sobriety, and weight, 
relate strange stories, be not too ready or easy to believe 
them, nor report them after him. And yet unless he be one 
of your familiar acquaintance, be not too forward to contra¬ 
dict him or if the necessity of the occasion requires you 
declare your opinion of what is so reported, let it be 
modestly and gently, not blunt or coarsely. By this means, 
on- the one side you will avoid being abused by your too much 
credulity, on the other side, you will avoid quarrels and 
distaste. If any man speak anything to the disadvantage or 
reproach of one that is absent, be not too ready to believe 
it, only observe and remember it; for it may be it is not 
true or it is not all true or some other circumstances were 
mingled with it which might give the business reported a 
justification or at least an allay, extenuating or a 
reasonable excuse. If any person report unto you some 
injury done to you by another, either in words or deeds, do 
not be over hasty in believing it, nor suddenly angry with 
the person so accused for it is possible it may be false or 
mistaken and how unseemly a thing will it be when your 
credulity and passion shall perchance carry you upon a 



Supposed injury, to be wrong to him that hath done you none. 
When a person is accused or reported to have injured you, 
before you give yourself leave to be angry think with your¬ 
self, why should you be angry before and uncertain it is 
true, or if it be true, how can I tell how much I should be 
angry will I know the whole matter? Although it may be he 
hath done me wrong yet possibly it is misrepresented or it 
was done by mistake and maybe he is sorry for it. I will 
not be angry till I know there be cause and if there be 
cause, yet I will not be angry till I know the whole cause, 
for till then, if I must be angry at all, yet I know not 

how much to be angry, or if it be, it may be it deserves 

but little. This will keep your mind and carriage on such 
occasions in a due temper and order, and will disappoint 
malicious and officious tale bearers. 

If a man whose integrity you may not well know make 
you great and extraordinary professions promises give him 
as kind thanks as possible but give not much credit to it. 
Cast about you with yourself what may be the reason for his 
wonderful kindness, it is twenty to one but you will find 
something that commends you to your face, or to one that 

he thinks will tell you of it, it is a thousand to one he 

hath abused and deceived you in some way or means to do so. 

Remember the fable of the fox and the crow, the fox 
commended the song of the crow, when she had something in 
her mough that the fox wanted. If a person be cholerick, 
passionate and give you evil language, remember first 
rather to pity him than to be moved into anger and passion 
with him, for most certainly that man is distempered and 
disordered. Observe him calmly and you shall see in him 
so much perturbation and disturbance that you will easily 
believe that he is not a pattern to be imitated by you and 
therefore return not cholera for anger, for you do but put 
yourself into a kind of phrenzy because you see him so. 

Be sure you do not return railing, reproaching or reviling: 
for it doth but kindle more heat and you will find silence, 


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or at least very gentle words the most exquisite revenger, 
for reproaches that can be for either it will cure the 
distemper in the other and make him see and be sorry for 
his passion or it will torment him with more perturbation 
and disturbance. Some men are. Some men are excellent 
in the knowledge of husbandry, some in planting and some 
of gardening, some in mathematics, some in one kind or 
another; in all your conversation learn as you can wherein 
the skill and excellence of any person lies, and put him 
on talk of that subject and observe it and keep it in 
memory or writing, by this means you will glean up the 
worthwhile and the excellence of every person you meet with 
and at an easy rate put together that which may be for your 
use on all occasions. Converse not with a liar, or a 
swearer, or a man of obscene or wanton language; for either 
he will corrupt you or lest it will hazard your reputation 
to be one of like make up. And if it doth neither yet it 
will fill your memory with such discourses that will be 
troublesome to you in after time and the returns of the 
memory of the passages that you have long since heard of 
this nature will haunt you when your thoughts should be 
better employed. Let your speech be true. Never speak 
anything for the truth which you know or believe to be 
false. It is a great sin against God who gave you a 
tongue to speak your offense against humility itself for 
where there is no truth, for where there is no truth there 
can be no safe society between man and mass 

As you must be careful not to be, so you must avoid 
coming near to it; you must not equivocate, you must speak 
that absolutely which you have by heresay or relation. You 
must speak that as upon knowledge which you have but by 
conjecture or opinion only. Let your words be few espe¬ 
cially when your betters, or strangers, or men of experience 
or understanding are present. For you do yourself at once 
two great mischiefs. FIRST, you betray and discover your 
own weakness and folly: SECONDLY, you rob yourself of that 


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opportunity which you might otherwise have to gain knowledge 
wisdom and experience by hearing those whom you silence by 
your impertinant talking. But not ov er earnest, loud or 
violent in talking for it is unseemly and earnest and loud 
talking makes you over shoot yourself and lose your business 
when you should be considering and pondering your thoughts 
and how to express them significantly and to the purpose you 
are striving to keep your tongue going and to silence an 
opponent not with reason but with 

Be careful not to interrupt another in his talk, hear 
him out, you will understand him the better and be able to 
give him the better answer. It may be, if you will give him 
leave, he will say something more than you have heard, or 
will understood or that which you did not expect. Always 
before you speak, especially where the business is of 
moment, confide beforehand, weigh the sense of your mind, 
which you intend to utter, think upon the expression you 
intend to use; that they may be significant, pertinent and 
inoffensive; and whereas it is the ordinary course of 
inconsiderate persons to speak their words, and then to 
think, or not to think till they speak; think first and 
speak afterwards if it be any matter of seriousness or 
moment. 

Be sure you do not give an ill report to any that you 
are not sure deserves it. And in most cases though a man 
deserve ill, you should be sparing to report him so. 

In some cases indeed you are bound, in honesty and 
justice to give that account concerning the demerit or 
default of a person that he deserves. 

Avoid scoffing and bitter and biting, jeering and 
jesting, especially at the condition, credit, deformity or 
natural defects of any person, for these leave a deep 
impression and are most apparent injustices, for were you 
so used, you would take it amiss and many times it costs a 
man dear, when he little thinks of it. 


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Be very careful that you give no reproachful, bitter, 
menacing or spiteful words to any person, nay not to servants 
or any other person of inferior condition. There is no 
person so mean but that you may stand in need of him in one 
kind or sometime or another. Good words make friends, bad 
words make enemies; it is the best prudence in the world to 
make all the friends you honestly can. 

If there be occasion for you to speak in any company 
always be careful, if you speak at all, speak last, espe¬ 
cially if there are strangers in the company for by this 
means you will have the advantage of knowing the sense, 
temper, judgement and relations of others, which may be a 
great light to you in ordering your speech; and you will 
better know the inclination of the company and speak with 
more advantage and acception and with more security against 
giving offence. Be careful that you commend not yourself; 
it is the most useless thing that can be. You should avoid 
flattery from others, and especially decline flattering 
yourself. Abhor all foul, unclean and obscene speeches. 

Never use any profane speeches, nor make jest of scripture 
expressions. When you use the names of God or Christ or 
any passage or any word of the holy scripture, use them with 
reverence and seriousness and not lightly or scurrilously 
for it is taking the name of God in vain. 








Jan. 10, 1311 


Be it temembered that at Moretown, County of Chittenden, State 
of Vermont, on this tenth d y of January, in the year of our 
Lord 1311, David Bancroft and Lydia Robinsom, both of Moretown 
- were duly marriead. 


A. Munson, Justice of Peace. 
Abner Child, Town Clerk. 


This may certify that marriage was solemnized between Lemuel 
Gibbs and Lucy Mayo, both of Moretown, this 23th day of Jan¬ 
uary, 1311, by me. 


David Bancroft, Justice of Peace. 
Abner Clark, Town Clerk. 


This may certify that marriage was solemnized betwee Rufus 
Clapp and Wealthy Spaulding this 23th day of February, 1311, 
both being from Moretown. 

David Bancroft, Justice of Peace. 
Abner Clark, Town Clerk. 




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Canajoharrie, N.Y. 

Feb. 2, 1817. 

Most Honorable 6raadmother, 

It is with the greatest reverence and affection I ad¬ 
dress you and with^the deepest sorrow and remorse I recol- 
lec»t the slightest neglect of the advice I have received 
from you and my deceased grandfather (Judge Hendrick Ooth- 
out,P.M.B.). Especially when I recollect the tender re¬ 
gard that you had for my welfare,-. The many hours which 

you spent and the unwearied pains which your took, to lay 
the foundation of my education,-. 

How heedless was I to your admonition and would none 
of your reproof. -. ,My grandfather I^likewise dis¬ 

obeyed for which I am sincerely sorry. I wished to see him 

whilst alive, -. But he is gone to the world of spirits 

and we all must prepare to meet him there. We heard of 
his death by way of Mr. Robinson July 27* Grief and sorrow 
filled us,-. 

Because we knew it would be a heavy blow to you we re 
gret that it was not in our power to help render’ his passage 
to the tomb as easy as possible. We all wish to see you. 

Our health by the blessing of God is and has been 
very good. When I left Plainfield,Yermont,I did not ex= 
pect that that would be the last time we should see each 
other this side of the grave. But alas, four of my dearest 
relatives are dead. Give my respects to cousin Nathaniel 
and all my acquaintances. Wishing you all the happiness 
possible in this life I subscribe myself your most humble 
and affectionate grandson. 


John D. Bancroft. 








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From the diaryi of John D. Bancroft, 1814. 

I was born May 24, 1800, in Catskill, County of Green, N.Y. 

My father David Bancroft III, moved to Moretown, Vermont, in 
the winter of 1806. My mother died in Nov. 5» 1808. My father 
married the 13th of January 1811 to Lydia Robinson, of Moretown. 

I went.to Catskill to live with my brother, Henry 0. Demarest, in 
September 1812. In October 1815» went to Oaksville to live 
with my father. Moved to Hartwich in the fall of 1816. In 181? 
in the spring, took a school in Canajoharrie, taught seven 

months. December 22 took a school in Oppenheim, in Montgomery 

* 

County, N.Y. 














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June 15» 1817. 

Dear Sister, 

The distance which separates us and the’ present embar¬ 
rassed circumstances. of my father has debarred us from the 
pleasure of visiting you and it in some degree hinders me 
from giving you a proof of my affection by frequent letter. 

I have long wished for an opportunity for express¬ 
ing my gratitude to you for the many instances I have ex¬ 
perienced of your favor, especially the present you sent 

by my father for which I give you my sincere thanks and also 

• * 

for the kind reception he met from both you and the rest of 

4 

the folks. Give my compliments to all enquiring friends, 
especially Mr. and Mrs. Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Collier. 

Tell the children I have not forgotten them. Here I must 
conclude, wishing you all the happiness which this world 
can afford and everlasting bliss ever after. Subscribing 
myself, your affectionate brother, 

John D. Bancroft. 

He was 17 years of age at this time and very fond of his 
Demarest half brother and sister, his mother's children 
by Captain Jan (John) Demarest. 






June 15» 181?. 

Dear Brother, 

It is with the greatest pleasure that I sit down to 
write you. My health, th^nk God, has been very good. At 
present I am teaching school at eleven dollars a month for 
six months. My father is teaching a school three miles 
from me. I have opportunity*to go home on week ends. You 
must not compute my writing infrequently to any want of 
affection. For be assured of my friendship. Making you 
a visit will be out of my power. But I shall come as soon 
as I can. I wish I could see you. But if I could hear from 
you it would afford me great pleasure. Give my compliments 
to all enquiring friends. 

Last summer I worked on a farm and last winter my 
father taught a school for four months and I went to school 
and studied grammer. I gave up studying the tanners trade 
because my father said that if I had a good education I ' 
could get into some other employment which would prove 
more profitable. 

How are you and sister Nettie. I long to hear from 

f 

all of you and to hnow of your present circumstances, es¬ 
pecially.-sister Nettie's. 

I sign myself your humble and most affectionate bro¬ 
ther. 

John D. Bancroft. 

His half brother, Henry 0. Demarest. (P.M.B.) 






July 12, 1817. 


Dear Cousin, 

In compliance with your request I cheerfully em¬ 
brace the opportunity to write you. Our personal ac¬ 
quaintance has been limited by my grandparents account 
of your conduct toward them made me esteem you and de¬ 
sire your friendship and your present kindness has ri= 
vetted you in my esteem. We have both lost our near¬ 
est and dearest relation which should warn us of our 
mortality and prepare us for one final charge. My 
father's misfortunes has put has put it out of our 
power to assist or alleviate my grandmother (Oothout) 
in her sorrow. We therefore request that you would 
make the remainder of her days as pleasant and agree¬ 
able as possible. Tikis epistle is short but from 
the heart. 

Your affectionate cousin, 

J.D.Bancroft . 

Please write and direct to Ebenezer Robinson, Cherry 
Valley, Otsego County, N.Y. 





Schools and School Houses. 

The first school house in Harpursville was a log house 
In 1815 it was replaced by a frame structure. The early 
teachers were us ually strangers who paused to replenish 
their purses. Often they were foreighners and intempor- 
ate and they were all addicted to the rod. Sometimes as 
uncertain and unreliable were they, three or four changes 
would occur in a term. 

The log school house was built by a "bee M of families 
who had children in need of a school. The seata were bench= 
es made from slabs with legs inserted into auger holes in 
the corners. The desks were made after the same plan. 

When Samuel Badger and Robert Harpur were trustees 
looking for a teacher,-, "has the teacher got a good ed¬ 

ucation" was not asked, but "is he stout, has he good gov = 
ernment". The boys had smoked out the teacher several 

1 

times and had instigated the small boys to "bar theteacher 
out", and finally/succeeded in getting up a conspiracy to 
"whip" the teacher and break up the school. The next teach¬ 
er was ingenious. When they decided to put him out he 
commenced to call them up.* one by one and made them walk 
around in front of the fire place and turn over a hot brick 
until their blistered fingers goaded them into subjection. 

Text bookd were few. The bible or an almanac might be 
the only reader. Later Noah Websters speller, Dabill's 
Arithmetic, Norisses Geography, the*. Columbian Orater and 
the English Reader. 

From the Harpursville Budget, 1886. 


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Pauline:, N.Y. 
Julv 26, 181? 


Mr. John Birdsall, 

Hamburg, Otsego Co., N. Y. 

Dear beloved Parents, Brothers and Sisters, 

Should I at this time attempt a description of the pain¬ 
ful anxiety and suspense I am held in. I must fall far short 
of my intention. Suffice it to say I am filled with many 
conflicting: ^ears and heartfelt sorrows on the account of 
your silence. I have not had the least Intelligence from you 
since April 11. Immediately after I received your kind letter 
I wrote one in answer. 0! My dear friends, is it possible 
I can be so soon forgotten bv you 9 That I am no longer the 
oblect of your concern or affection. I feel myself to be an 
unworth” child and sister. Yet. ^o not. withstanding all 
my imperfections, I feel a strong: desire to improve the time 
and talents God g r ives me here on earth, to His honor and glory, 

I am yet the spared monument of God's amazing mercy enjoying: 
a tolerable good state of health while many of my fellow mort¬ 
als have of late fallen victims of the grim monster, death, 
in the most remarkable manner. Our aged Uncle James Birdsall 
has of late been gotren to pass through the dark valley of 
the shadow of death. But we have great reason to believe he 
has made a harpy exchange. He appeared wholly resigned to 
the will of God and with longing expectation for the time when 
his change should be. 

Aunt Anna Dodge ^as had a severe fit of sickness for some 
considerable time. We almdvV despaired of her ever recovering 
again. But of his own infinite Mercy, God has spared her 
a little longer. 0! May she make a wise improvement of her 
precious moments and repent of her sins before the door of 
Mercy is forever closed. 

Oh! My dear ^riends, sis you know how much I want to hear 
from you since I am deprived of the privilege of seeing you. 

It appears to me you would overcome every obstacle that bars 
the way. I sometimes fear I have wrote something was displeas¬ 
ing to you. If this be the case, deal with me as with a child, 
but God knows my heart that I feel myself clear of anv in¬ 
tentional wound. I have neglected writing sometimes hoping 
soon to hear from you. But my earnest desire still fails for 
reason unknown to me. Through the goodness of my Creator many 
inestimable privileges are still granted to me for which I 
think I feel truly thankful. When the true spirit of humil¬ 
ity and Godly sincerity reign in my soul-, then I feel to acknow¬ 
ledge that God's ways are right and Just, although his foot¬ 
steps are planted in the great deep. The plan of man' c sal- 









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vatlon through a glorious Redeemer, the beauties and the ex¬ 
cellence of the humble religion of Jesus appears as precious 
to me as ever it did. I feel greatly wounded manv times 
to see the cause of my blessed Jesus much neglected. His fast¬ 
ings and his Holy Groan is made the drunkards song, 0! How 
dot* inequity abound and the love of manv is waxing cold. 

Manv that have given the fairest proof of piety and true 
religion, it seems as though they have given up to work all 
manner of unrighteousness. And despise everything that is 
good. 0! How it becomes us to be ever looking to Jesus for 
support. In these days of trial and adversity nothing but his 
almighty power and Grace is able to carry us through and land 
us safe on fair Cahaan's shore. L hope my dear friends that 
you are en.loying the peaceful smiles of the reconciled Judge. 
Live up to the privileges God has given vou. Livl^g up to the 
obedience of our blessed Lord and Master. Deny ourselves of all 
ungodlfness and bearing our cross from day to day. This will 
yield us more heartfelt satisfaction than all the applause of 
this vain world. This I think I know by experience. I have 
many sorrowful hours to think I am left to join this wicked 
world as much as I do. But 1 have one thin? to comfort me yet: 

Christian company and conversation is what I still delight in. 

Although a great part of my time I am denied this precious 

comDany. I have some very comfortable hours of meditation 

Was my thoughts a substance you wont often see something 
havening around you but as it is so ordered that we must be 
separated for a short season, let us strive to be reconciled 
considering it will be but a short ime, the Lord willing. 

I cant help but look forward with a kind of pleasing delight 
to the day when I shall once behold those who are near and 
dear to me. I think now that I shall be at my fathers the 
last of September or the First of'October. Cousin Stark and 
his family has been down to make us a visit. I made some 
considerable preparation to return with them but owing to the 
persuasion of my friends I consented to stay with them a 
little longer. 

Dearly beloved sister, Last Saturday I enjoved a day as 
I have long been wishing for and attended a church meeting 
at Elder Johnson's meeting house. It was a refreshing sea¬ 
son. I trust to many poor souls it was a comfortable. I 
felt glad to find them as well as I did. I could not confine 
my thoughts , they were often with my brother and sisters 
in your part of the world. Considering that you were all met 
there in the bowels of love and compassion. The day follow¬ 
ing we had a very excellent sermon from Psalms. We are fa¬ 
vored with an excellent preacher on this circuit. I feel in 
hopes he may be the means of doing much good. I propose 
going to hear him tomorrow. Dear sister, I am often stopped 
when 1 get to anticipating the joys of returning home. It 
will seem to come with great force and power on my mind. 

Perhaps ere that does will arrive my baby. May be laid in the 
cold and silent grave. My spirit flown to God"that gave it. 


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But surely there is a day fast approaching when we must ap¬ 
pear before the judgement seat of Christ there to give an ac¬ 
count of the deeds done here in the body. 0! Dear sister 
how. 0! Dear sister, how will we appear in that dread day. 
Will it be with joy that we shall behold the Judge descend¬ 
ing in the cloud of ^eaven with all his Holy Angels or will 
it be with grief and horror as we view him coming to take 
vengeance on all them that love him not. 0! May this be our 
greatest concern to prepare for that solemn day that awaits 
us all. I could willingly spend the rest of this night writ¬ 
ing to you but duty calls in another way. 1 would just inform 
you that Aunt Pearce has lately received a letter from Aunt 
Haviland. She writes that her familv are enjovine- tolerable 
good health. She don^ write anvthing in particular about 
Rebecca therefore we conclude that our intelligence was false. 
Cousin Sally appears anxious you should write to her. I 
must now close these imperfect lines with wishing you all the 
comfort and happiness that this world can afford and eternal 
felicity in the world to come. Adieu for the present. Re¬ 
ceive this as a toke^ of friendship from one who loves you 
all; 


Tacv Blrdsall 

Please to give my love to all who may have the curiosity to 
ask about me. Tell them a few lines woul^ *e appreciated to 
this their well wisher. 






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Gallipolis 
April 19, 1318 


Mr. Nathan Birdsall, 

Hamburgh Post Office, Unadilla, 

Countv of Otego, State of N. y, »j 

Gallipolis, April 19 
for Unadilla, N.y. 

9th May 1818 

Dear Friend, 

I improve this opportunity for writing to inform that 
Stephen landed here in Gallipolis with mother and the child¬ 
ren the 6th day of April. Simeon Sissen and Mr. Griffis land¬ 
ed here with them. Father has rented a farm on verv good 
terms and has got provisions enough to make them comfortable 
until he can raise more. They are all well at present and 
verv well contented. Mother does not like the country as 
well as she expected to but I think she will like it better 
when she becomes more acquainted with it. Aunt Susan has 
been without help since she has been here. But Ishe is now 
in better health than she has been in some time. Benjamin 
and James Sisson live in Athens about 44 miles from this 
place. John and Amos Sisson have moved to the state of Ind¬ 
iana, 300 miles further down the river. Stephen and Lucinda 
Sisson both live with the people I have lived with for a year 
past. Stephen has hired for six months to work at farming 
business at |l5. a month. Wages is verv good at all sorts 
of business. Flour is $3*00 per 100. Bocaon $10. Corn 
from ^0 to 62j cents per bu. Dry shop goods are quite as 
cheap as in Unadilla they tell me those that came from there. 

I have nothing more to write except to let you know that I 
was married the 12th of Febr. to a girl by the name Sally W. 

Putnam. We began housekeeping April - for thee and mother 

and the rest of the family send their love to you all. Give 
my respects to Uncle John and Aunt Mary and the rest of the 
family. Do not be so neglectful as I have been but write 
to me as soon as you receive this. I must conclude by wish¬ 
ing you every needed blessing in our *ime and eternity, I 
remain your affectionate cousin. 


Henry Sisson 


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Randolph, July 21, 1818 


Ebenezer Robinson, 

Springfield, Otsego Co., N.Y. 

Dear Brother and Sister, 

It is a loner time since we have heard from you. We re¬ 
ceived a letter from you dated March 28 which informed us of 
your health and marriage which was very unexpected. I hope 
you are in the .faa£d of that Cod who governs and directs all 
things. On account of the distance between us we cannot 
express our love for one another face to face, yet we are 
blessed with a means of conversing together by writing. So 
we must improve our time while it lasts for our time is short. 
So prepare for death, our last and solemn change. We are 
all hastening to a boundless eternity where when hope can 
never come. We are all working out our time and now is the 
accepted ^ime and now is the time of salvation. Before I 
proceed anv farther I will inform you of my health which 
at present is verv good, likewise the rest of the family 
en.loy tolerable good health. Pen cannot describe how I want 
to see you all. 0! How I wish that God in his all wise pro¬ 
vidence would permit yon to come and see us. We have heard 
from all of our friends. They are well. You must not fail 
of writing every opportunity you have. Ira received a letter 
from Demarest which informed us that Lidia has got another 
son. Father and Mother wish to be remembered to Doctor and 
his family and you and you-" family. I wish to be remembered 
to the Doctor and his family. Tell Henry I wan 4- to see him 
very much. But I must draw to a close by signing 

E. and A. Robinson iii 

Cyrus W. Robinson 

J. D. Bancroft 

Randolph, July 21, 1818 
Respected and not Forgotten Friend, 

I have lorjr been wishing vou would send me letters and 
many times excuse myself from writing to you knowing that you 
were my superior in both age and abilities. Yet at your re¬ 
quest I will endeavor to write a few lines to let you know 
I have not forgotten you. When I look back on past times, 

When I reflect on the many pleasing moments I spent in your 
company, fondly anticipate a day when we should assist and 
delight each other in o^r more mature years. Though I was 
but a child my mind is filled with agreeable emotions and 
yet When I contemplate that you and Enos used to associate 
and that now he has gone to the silent ?rave, and as Harvey 


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and I were constant mates and playfellows and that Harvey 
is dead and gone, I cannot suppress my grie^. How changed 
the scene. How great the contrast between the past and pres¬ 
ent time. But I must not forget to inform you of our health 
which is good. You wrote in your letter that you talk of 
coming: to Randolph. I flatter myself in the hope of seeing 
you once more. But we think your father and mother have quite 
forgotten us as it has been almost a year since they wrote 
to us. You desired us to inform you concerning boarding. 

I think that ten shillings per week is the common price and 
I think you may find olenty of work. Father and mother wish 
to be remembered to you. Wishing you all the comforts this 
life affords, 

Cyrus W. Robinson 








Pawling, N.Y. 

August 10.1818 

Honored Parents, 

With a sensation not to be described I resume my pen in 
order to inform you of the goodness of God to unworthy me in 
permitting me still to hope in His mercy favoring me with the 
blessing of health. I have been fondly flattering myself 
that I should soon be favored with the privilege of seeing 
you in the enjoyment of the same blessing on this account. 

I have neglected writing you and as it appears you have not 
felt concern enough for me during my absence about my welfare 
by writing my feelings have been such that the task appears 
very hard. Oh, My father, I am at a loss what manner to pro- 
eed. Are you not under obligation, if I have by any disobed¬ 
ience merited your displeasure to inform me of my errors and 
endeavor to reclaim a wandering child. Dear parent* I feel 
as though I could come on my knees at your feet and emplore 
your forgiveness for in what ever I have offended you, but 
the thought of being cast off by you“is almost in supportable 
and as a dying creature I feel it my duty to inform you that 
your treatment to me has been very trying. If the affection 
of a fiarent can so easy meander from a child, to whom- shall 
such a poor hapless wanderer look for affection. If those 
who have been made the unhappy instrument of bringing such a 
worthless wretch into existence then cast me up in this wide 
world without an effort to stretchuout the hand of friendship 
to my relief. Oh, My God, to who am I to go but unto Thee? 
Thou hast the word of eternal life, tOuThee I can pour out my 
complaint without reserve, for Thy love is unchangeable. Oh, 
my dear parents, to me it would be the greatest consolation 
I could possibly perceive in this world to hear that you were 
happy in the enjoyment of theRedeemer's love, for His lov¬ 
ing kindness is better than life. I will not dwell too much 
on my. gloomy prospect at present as I am permitted to hope 
that brighter scenes may *et arise. God moves in mysterious 
ways his wonders to perform. As His footsteps on the sea and 
rides upon the storm, these light afflictions which ars but 


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but transient shall mark out for us a far more exceeding and 
eternal weight of glory. I think I have glorious news to com- 
minicate to you. King Jesus appears to be passing through the 
land and many precious souls I humbly trust have fled to his 
blood stained banner, and have layed their weapons of rebellion 
at His feet. I have been favored with ' the privilege of see= 
ing 26 volunteers follow the foot steps of their master into 
the watering tomb. Samuel Birdsail who lives with Mr. Brown 

was one of thehappy number. -. The inhabitants of Carmel 

have been visited in a most extaordinary manner, many souls 
have fled to the City of refuge and have found Him, Jesus of 
Nazarath. 

I have been down to Pattersons and spent four days of late 
and I think my soul was made to mourn and rejoice at His app< . 
ing. Blessed be God, for His compassion fails not. Oh, my 
dear parents, let me not be discouraged for He is faithful. 

I find the Saviour,-, suited„to all my wants. 

I want to see you more chan tongue can express and the rest of 
my friends are not forgotten. I wish to be remembered to my 
brothers and sisters. My isole desire is for their prosperity 
and happiness. To Jesus I feel I must commend you. Permit 
unworhty me to share in the prayers of all my dear bretheren, 

I want you to come after me as soon as you can. Let me hear 
from you. These from your affectionate child till d e ath- 

Susan Birdsail 

I am at Uncle Henry,s 

(she speaks of Aunt Rebeccah, P.M.B.) 



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Pawling, N.Y. 

Sept. 10, 1S18. 

Dear Sister, • 

It is with a degree of satisfaction ,—-, that I express 
my satisfaction and gratitude for the menifestations of re¬ 
gard which you have shown your unworthy sister. Though I am 
denied a parents blessing, I have one sister who, not with¬ 
standing my long absence, has not forgotten me. And as I 

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judge from my own feelings that it must be a satisfaction to 
those who have not forgotten me to hear of my welfare. I 
have through the goodness of God, the happiness to inform 
you that I am enjoying a good dgree of health. I cannot 
say that I have any just cause to complain of my situation 
at present. I believe that my friends try to make my life 
as agreeableas they can. I make it my home at Uncle Henry f s 
and could I forget that I ever had a home, I might be content 
ed to spend the short remains of life in this part of the 
world, but Oh, the indifference with which those who are near 
and dear to me, by the ties of nature , does not lesson my 
affection for them. I want to see all of them more than 
words can express but the Lord only knows whether all shall 
meet again till we meet at the feet of Christ. Oh, my sister 
be persuaded by one who loves you to rememben your creator in 
the days of your youth, before the evil days shall come when 
you will be constrained to acknowledge that you have no pleas 
ure in them. Consider that while you are destitute of a Sav¬ 
our you are distitute of ail happiness. Turn not a deaf ear 


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to all His gracious calls* Now is the time to make your 
choice.* for He has said to those in the morning of life, 
n those who seek me early shall surely find". Oh, Lord, 
make us true seeders and sure finders of the blessed in¬ 
heritance which is uncorrupted, undefiled and cannot fade 
away. Your affectionate sister, 

Susan Birdsall 

Laura Birdsall 

In care of John Birdsall 

Hamburg, County of Otsego, N.Y. 


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Pawling, N.T. 

. Sept. 12, 1818. 

Honored Parents, 

Since God in His providence has lenghthened out my Irr et¬ 
ched existence until the present time and -favors me with a 
few moments, I feel myself under obligation to spend it in 
writing you. My heart has been fondly anticipating a 

favor of the kind from you, but I find you consider me un¬ 
worthy of such a .prize. Oh, that I knew what to read into 
this silence. But I am denied any encouragement to return. 
Has my father taken an impartial view of these things to see 
where they will center? Oh, what must I come to if every¬ 
one treats me in the same manner that he has? A poor miser- 

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able outcast doomed to wander through this wide world and 
no one who could open their door to welcome me in. But bles¬ 
sed be to God, He has raised me up a friend, Jesus, and bound 
us in an indissoluable bond of love devine. Although I am 
forsaken by those who are near and dear to me, although I. 
am oppressed and cast down, I am not destroyed. For I feel 
that I am favored with a friend who will never foresake me. 

My suffering time is short. My ransomed soul shall shortly 
be freed from this body of sin and death. I shall have no 
more‘Cause to complain" Oh, My God, suffer me never more 
to murmur or repine at Thy dealings. Afflictions tho they 
may seem, may I ever be able to consider them mercies. Fath¬ 
er^ neglecting me so much has been a very severe trial to 
me as I never wished to have people know that he had so lit¬ 
tle regard for his child. But perhaps it has been necessary 
to humble my pride. I want that if my father cannot come 
after me with Mr. Cook, niF uncle, that he should make his 


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mind known.to me by some means or other. If he thinks it 

best for me to return I think I shall and if I am to be 

_ doomed to a perpetual exile, no more to see my native land, 

I want to know it* Uncle Cooks wagon is sold so that he 

will be under the necessity of coming down in one. If you 

wish me to return I should + 0 write more but I do 

not have time* I am preparing to attend a camp meeting. 

May the lord be with you and bless you all. This from your 

affectionate child till death 
• 

Susan* 

To John Birdsall 
Hamburg, Otego Co., N.Y. 

Susan is writing from the home of an unmle who lived 
in Pawling N.Y, ninety miles away as the crow flies but prob 
ably nearer 150 miles by poor roads through the mountains. 
This was a very great distance in that day. P.M.B. 


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On the Starry Heavens - 

To us who dwell on this surface, the earth is by far 
the most extensive orb our eyes can anywhere behold. It is 
also clothed with verdure, distinguished by trees and adorned 
°y ^ varies o~ reautiful decorations. whereas, to a specta¬ 
tor^ p^aceo on one of the planets, it wears a uniform aspect, 
looks all luminous and no larger than a spot; to beings who* 
dwell at still greater distances, it entirely disappears. 

*hat which we call, alternately the morning' and evening 
star, as in one part of her orbit, she rides foremost in the 
procession at night, in the other, ushers in, and anticipates 
the dawn, is a planetary world, which, with five others,'that 
so wonderfully vary their mystic dance, are in themselves 
dark bodies and shine onlv by reflection; have fields, seas 
and skies of their own: Are furnished with all accommodations 
for animal subsistence, and are supposed to be the body of 
intellectual life. All which, together with this our earthly 
habitation, are dependent on that grand dispenser of divine 
munificence, receive their light from the distribution of his 
rays, derive their comport from his divine egency. The sun 
is the great axle of heaven about which the globe we inhabit 
and others move in spacious orbs, wheel their stated courses. 

The sun, tho seeming smaller than the dial it illuminates 
is abundantly larger than this whole earth, on which so many 
lofty mountains rise and such vast oceans roll. A line ex¬ 
tending through the center of that resplendent orb would 
measure more tharrn eight hundred thousand miles. A girdle 
formed to surround it, would require a length of millions. 

Were its solid contents to be estimated, the account would 
overpower our understanding, and be almost beyond the power 
of language to express. Are we startled at these reports of 
astronomy? Are we ready to cry out in a transport of surprise. 
How mightyis the beinm who kindled such a prodigious fire, 
and who keeps alive, from age to age, such an enormous mass 
of flame. Let us attend our philosophic guides, and we shall 
be brought acquainted with speculations more enlarged and 
more amazing. The sun, with all attendent planets is but a 
very little part of the grand machine of the universe. Every 
star,tho in appearance no bigger than the diamond that glitters 
on a ladies ring is really a mighty globe like the sun in 
size and in glory, no less spacious, no less luminous, than 
the radiant source of our day. So that every star is not 
barely a world, tut the center of a magnificant system, has 
a retinue of worlds irradiated by its beams and revolving around 
its attractive influence. All which are lost to our sight 
in unmeasured wilds of ether. 

That the stars like so many diminutive and scarcely dis¬ 
tinguishable points isowing to their immense and inconceivalbe 
distance. Such distance that a cannon ball, could it continue 


its impetuous flight, with unabating rapidity would not reach 
the nearest of those twinkling luminaries for more than five 
hundred thousand years. Can anything be more wonderful than 
these observations? Yes, there are truths far more stupend- 
. ous, there are scenes far more extensive. As there is no end 
to the Almighty's Greatness, so no imagination can set limits 
on his creating hand. Could you soar beyond the moon and pass 
through the planetary choir, could you wing your way to 
the highes apparent star; and take your stand in one of those 
lofty pinnacles of heaven, you would there see other skies 
expanded, another sun, distributing Its inexhaustable beams 
by day, other stars which gild the horrors of the alternate 
night, and other perhaps nobler systems, established in unknow: 
profusion thru the boundless dominions of space. Nor do the 
dominions of the Universal Sovereign terminate there. Even 
at the end of this vast tour you would find yourself advance 
no further than the suburbs of creation, arrived only at the 
frontiers of the great 

His Kingdom 


From the American Baptist Magazine vol 2, no 3, May 1819. 

A series of letters on the mode and subject of Baptism, to 
which is appended a brief account of the trial of the 
author on these points which terminated in his embracing 
Believers Baptism" by Stephen Chapin (Lincoln & Edwards. 
Boston). 

"Our readers have already been informed of the change 
of sentiment which has recently taken place in the*.Rev. 

Mr. Chapin on the subject of Baptism. This change has 
issued in his dismissal from hia pastoral charge of the 
Congregational Church of Mount Vernon, N.H. Not because 
of any misconduct on his part,---, but simply because he 
could not continue the practice of infant sprinkling with 
good conscience. -. " 

"The character of Mr. Chapin, both as a scholar and 
a preacher, is so well known and established, and the sac¬ 
rifices he has Ybeen obliged to make as a consequence of 
having embraced the doctrine of "believers baptism", so 
great that we are persuaded the public will be anxious to 

paruse his letter on the subject. -." 

"We have indeed witnessed with great pleasure the 
increase of candor among the Pedobaptists. Some of the' 
first men have acknowledged that immersion was practiced 
in the primitive times and not a few have avowed their 
willingness to administer baptism in that mode, to such 
as might desire it. Indeed we have seen some of them, 

"go down into the water", after the example of Phillip 
and the eunuch. The controversy seems to be brought in¬ 
to narrow compass and we are not without hope that the 
day is not far distant when we shall be able to meetthem on 
common ground, when Baptists and Pedobaptists become bro¬ 
thers and combine their efforts to spread the knowlege of 
Salvation." "The Baptists have generally proved to be 
the ffiends of orderly government and as old Dr. Mather 
acknowledged, "as holy, watchful and faithful as any in the 
world." 


Sangerfield, Sept. 1, 1819 


Honored Mother, 

If thou art in the land of the living the sincere wish 
of thy grandson is for thy health and happiness. The im¬ 
possibility of my assisting you makes me the more solicit¬ 
ous to hear from you. Have not received an answer to that 
letter I sent you by the way of cousin Nathaniel. Your age 
and infirmities justly excuse you from writing should you 

have recieved mine. - Ihope he has not neglected you 

for it would give me great pleasure to be in a situation 
to smooth thy passage to the world of bliss and to admin¬ 
ister comfort and ease to thee, the gardian of my youth. 
Different reasons have prevented me from writing before. 
Have had very good health since I wrote. I shall ever re¬ 
main your obedient son till death. 

J.D.Bancroft• 


Mrs. Betty Bancroft 


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Sangerfield Sept. 2 f 1819 

Long Absent Playfellow, 

It was with pleasure I read your letter of the 29th 
of July, 1818. When I ran over the tender expressions 
of friendship and the account of your health, it brought 
to my recollection events which Dassed in our youth,both 
pleasiner and painful. I likewise was pleased to observe 
that you had made so much proficiency in learning and 
hope that you will p^rs^vere for it is laudable pursuit 
and richly compensates us for all of our toils. 

My father's embarrassed circumstances have deprived 
me of many advantages but I have endeavoured to improve 
my mind to the best of my abilities. Excuse what you 
find to be incorrect in my letter and forgive my not an¬ 
swering yours sooner. Have been disappointed in my ex¬ 
pectations of coming to Randolph which has deprived me 
of the pleasure of seeing any of you or going to school 
which I lament but must submit to providence. It would 
give me great pleasure to correspond with you for I ex¬ 
pect to be in a situation for the future that will admit 
my writing oftener than formerly and have letters directed 
directly to me for I shall be living some distance from 
my father. As for Ira, he seems to have forgotten or 
neglected me, not answering me or sending a single comp¬ 
lement. Give my love to your reverend father and brother 
and my regrets to Hannah. When you write to me, which 
I desire to be soon, be so a c coma da tine: as to give me 
some information respecting my grandmother. We have not 
had any letter from her in two years. My health has 
been very good in general. I draw to a close wishing 
you health and prosperity in this transitory worldand 
happiness in that which is to come. 

From your affectionate friend 
and cordial well wisher 

John D. Bancroft. 

Mrs. Cyrus W, Robinson 


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PI ainfield,Vermont. 
March 20, 1819 

Very Dear Children, 

I once more sit down to write to you, that you may 
know I am yet living and blessed be God for it and for 
the many benefits he bestows on me. My health is de¬ 
clining but I am able to attend public worship most of 
the time. As we live in the village which I consider 
a very great privilege for many reasons. I received 
a letter from you the 16 of January 1819 which gave me 
great joy. Oh. Let us praise God for his mercy endur- 
eth forever. I wrote letters to you and Demarest, 

(John Demarest Bancroft) June 16, 1819, which was my 
birth day.I was then 76 years of age. I received letters 
from you and Demarest Sept 2, 1819. I thank you both 
for your attention and respect for me. Do write often 
As for my supportly on the things I can part with and 
the rest on the County. But, My dear children, be not 
anxious for me for the Lord is my Shepherd and I shall 
not want. All Gods dealing with me has been right and 
just. May you live in God’s glory and enjoy new cov¬ 
enant blessings, which is the wish of your aged, feeble 
and affectionate mother. 


Betty Chase Bancroft 

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March 20, 1820 

Dear Demarest, (middle name) 

I rejoice in the progress you make in learning. May 

you increase in knowledge, virtue and usefulness and as 

vpu grow in days and years may you grow in grace. You 

are now forming your character for life. May you live 

in the fearof God. Your cousin Nathaniel Bancroft is 

studying Physic with Dr. Lamb of Montpelier. I want to 

see you. Do come if God permits. From ?our tender 

hearted and loving grandmother 

Grandmother 

to J.D.B. Betty (Chase) Bancroft 

JD.B# had four grandmothers* After some uncertaihty we are 

now confident that these were written by Betty (Chase) wife 

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march 25, 1820 
Windsor, N.Y. 

dear sister - another winter is gone 

and spring had succeeded it with warm and 

butiful weather but my mind appers 

to be very stupid and my love for god 

luke warm or cold but why shud i ly 

in such a situation when i look around me 

and vew the returning spring with the singing of 

of birds and in evry butiful object 

and considered who hath created 

all things at first & keeps them all in 

such order & buty can i help but admire 

and more perticuler when i think of 

his goodness tored this gilty fallen race 

of adam - how he sent his only son 

to redeem them from death and seems 

to constantly watch & gard the lives of 

his children tho they are so often doing 

contratray to his comands yet he hath 

promised that if we will return to horn 

he will reseeve us and luv us i tho 

very unwerthy to want to cum unto the 

place he promises - and com only in 

the name of jesus for i am full of sin 
& wickedness but threw the merit of his 

son - remove this cold frame of mind 

teach me that sins li covered in my heart 
help me to examin & see why it is i 

feel so long absens from thy face - 

retern me to thy luv fill my heart with luv 
to make me to desire thy will shud be 
don at all times give me resignatun at all 
times so i can bare all the afflictuns 
of this life grant thy spsul aid which 
beg fo and desire to thank him for 
times past 

Melinda Crofut 

An effort was made to preserve this letter verbatim, 

A very difficult task. She lived in a time when 
secondary education was for males and female semin¬ 
aries were for the daughters of wealth. She appreciated 
her deficiency and saw to it that her daughters were 
better educated, especially Clora who married, as his 
second wife, Wm.Oscar Bancroft* 


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Windsor N.Y. 

Dear sister - i have this afternoon been 

informed you hav changed your setiments 

and joined yurself to another church 

tho the nus has not ben so derect that i 

cud tel what to beleeve - wishing to no the truth 

i think that an anser frum you will better 

satisfy my mind that it can be by any other way 

that i cud use and shoud be very glad if yu wud 

rite to me and let me kno whether 

what i have hurd is the truth or false 

if yur mind is realy changed as respects baptism 

and you have renouced the opinion you once had 

for a new one and the brothers and sisters 

when you first united and joined with 

those of a diferent beleef can witness 

by sumthing of the same experience that 

you hav seen many soryful hours i do not. 

doubt but you are cicier and think you have 

found the balance of the scriptures on the 

side you folow let it be which it may tho if you ha 

reseeved a new idea as to the practical part of 

religion i should be very glad if you wud give 

me the particuler texts of scripture from 

which you ganed them - i have lately heard much 

sed about baptism but did not pruv 

to my mind that sprinling was the only mode 

may the lord forbid that we shud rest our 

opinion on others or practice human tradishun 

becaus it is sed to be rite but may we liv 

like the nobke bareans and serch the scriptur 

daily to se whether thes things ar so and may we 

look to god that he may giv us a rite understandin 

of his word that we may be abul to with stand all 

the temptatuns of the wicked one 


Melinda Crofut 


june 25 1$20 
Windsor N.Y. 


dear friend - the preecher menshuned sum very watey 
passages of scripture to pruv that way and after 
a solem prayer proseeded to baptize and i thought 
this was the first time that i had seen this ordinans 
in gospel order - at first i thot it was my duty to 
be baptized but considering i belong to another 
church (Presbyterian) i began to condem my hasty 
judgment and recoled not to open my mind to any 
till i had mor time to examin the bible mor closly 
on the subject i red much in the bible and sum books 
on both sides but all seemed to convince me mor that 
imershun was the only mode and beleevers in christ 
the only subjects of baptisum. i was very much tride i 
could not. longer walk with presbyterium and i was sory 
to make the any troubul i somtimes thought i would 
never join another church but my duty<wud soon return 
to me and my mind made to feel that the way of the 
transgreser is hard and that they who do not the 
masters will are beeten with many stipes i at last 
had a resolushun to tell my mind to by brethern and 
if they cud not convinse me that ther way was rite 
to open myself to baptisum this i did and unweried 
panes was taken to convince me some very luving with 
tears in ther eyes wud reeson with me and others with 
grate wrmth wud repruve me - my feelings was often 
much wounded - i ptayed unto the throne of grace wer 
alone i found grate cumfort i often tride to pray 
that god wud sho me the rite way wonse as i was goins: 
to mak this request i darst not only that i mite be 
made wiling to obey as far as i knew after sum time 
passed in this way i was excluded for breech og covinint 
and what they caled haresy and sun found joyfully 
the exampul of our savur in baptism accompanaied by 
sister betsey 


Melinda crofut 

(This sturdy daughter of the Reformation, denied an 
education, never-the-less, read her — bible and made 
her own interpretation. Convinced that immersion was 
the only mode and believers the only objects, she stood 
her ground. So she was excommunicated by the Presbyterians 
joined the Baptist church where she met and married 
Samuel Martin Jr. and reared a large family. Among them 
was Rev. Samuel Sanford Martin, Baptist cleric and Clora 
Amanda Martin, the second wife of Wm.Oscar Bancroft. P.M.B.) 


Three Friends. 

When shall we three meet again, 
W T hen shall we three meet again? 
Oft shall clawing hope expire, 

Oft shall shared love retire, 

Oft shall death and sorrow reign, 
Er T e we three meet again. 

Though in distant lands we sigh, 
Parched heneath a hostile sky, 
Though the deep between us rolls, 
Friendship shall unite our souls, 
Still in fancies rich domain; 

Er*r we three meet again. 

When around this youthful pine 
Moss shall creep and ivy twine; 
When burnished locks are grey, 
Worn by many a toil spent day, 
May this long loved bower remain 
Where we three shall meet again. 

When the dreams of life are fled, 
When its waisted lamps are dead; 
When in cold oblivious shade, 
Beauty, fame and power are laid, 
When immortal spirits reign, . 
There may we three meet again. 


J.D.Bancroft 


1820 


90 


Reflections During a Thunderstorm 
on the 12th of August, 1820. 

In awful magesty behold 

the blackening clouds expanse; 

Behind, the distant thunders roll, 
the boistrous winds advance. 

How dark and awful is the hour; 

how furious and how fierce, 

Do howling tempests beat the tower 
and bend the trees to earth. 

But think, my soul, with solemn awe 
of that great day to come, 

When Christ shall thunder forth the law, 
and call his children home. 

Bright angels then shall gather in, 
the holy sheaves of wheat, 

But demons fierce, with awful grin,, 
shall find out sins retreat. 

The, Oh my soul, with pius fear, 
prepare to meet that day; 

By leaning on a Savour dear 

whos words shall teach the way. 

«J. D. B. 

(He was 20 years old at this time and 
recently converted and went through a 
period of extreme religiossity. P.M.B.) 


91 


Oposition to the celebration of Christmas. (circa 1820) 


to 


I have been asked to 
the celebration of the 
Th ^ jostles say, in 
through ignorance ye did 


express a few thoughts relative 

birth of Jesus of Nazareth, _ 

reference to certain errors, 

an excuse when the mpani~fn ^ 9 but ignorance is not 

ially by the young.. ^he^Ery nam^o/chri formed > e?Pec : 

meaning festival* Sf ZZt “T 3 . 1 ? derived ^om a Saxon word 
Church and applied to their communion^ervicrand^her^in • 
fng 3 familiarized "with in ° Ur Sunday Spools becom- UeS 

the d Lo?dt f °D Chri f tmas d ay S far S exceeding™heir servicffor ® 

i?t S H "H 1 t>e S p"o d ^tiv a e r o^ir S e^ r ^ii h a^ d e Sf e " d 0 e ?| 

should be fearlessly combatted. Every religious observance 
destitute of dev* ne.appointment is unwarranted. In matters 
oi religion no appointment is equivalent to prohibition. 

1st. I shall endeavor to treat the matter as though dis¬ 
cussing it with the Romanists, Episcopalians or any others 
who contend for the sacredness of the days and for the relig- 
ous observance of it in commemoration of the birth of Jesus 
Christ• 

2nd -To those protestants who while professing to attach 
no particular sacredness to the day, yet render it some special 
recognition in practice by making it a holiday and connecting 
—— it with festivities which stamp it with distinction. 

When we demand the authority for the for observing the 25th 
of i flea; asi;a Jiolfci-f ©sties Ivy the advocates of that mode reply, 
that this day is the anniversary of the Savior’s birth and 
the church has authority to decree rites, ceremonies, inclusion 
of sacred days and seasons. To both of these positions we take 
exception contending that no satisfactory proof can be given 
that Jesus was born on this day: . that, even if such proof could 
be furnished there is no authority in the scriptures for con¬ 
stituting one of special sanctity. 

If God has given us no word as to the day on which the 
auspicious event of the nativity occured is it not a very sig¬ 
nificant circumstance that the word of life gives no clue to 
this historical question and does it not seem as if that God 
purposely witheld the knowledge of the precise day or even of 
the season of the year that Christ was born that there might 1 
no semblance of authority given to the observance of any 
particular day as a memorial to his birth. 


ne 


The fhrst mention of Christmas observance occurs in the 
Western Church about 360 AO. There is abundant evidence for 
the statement that in apostolic times and for centuries after 
there were no Christmas festivals. There is much reason for 
thinking that paganism, directly of indirectly, had much in¬ 
fluence in the origin of it. One thing is certain that men _ 
of ancient times, both in the north and south of Europe,that 
period of the year,-, was largely devoted to festivals,-. 

(Brief exoerptr from a lengthy di^ertation, author unknown.) 
























104 - 


Friends of Morality and Religion * 

(A speech by a church elder in vgich we have tried to pre¬ 
serve his illiterate style. He was a devout frontier pio¬ 
neer reared without schooling. P.M.B.) 

To you would I address myself, therefore be patient 
and attentive. Should any of you in this enlited age, 
especially in this cuntry, before so well informed and re= 
spectible an assembly - persons who have had the benefit 
of a gospel education, some who profess to have met with 
the sanctified redeemer and know their sins are forgiven - 
I say shall anyone dare rise up and tell us that we are 
all bigots, deceeved pimps and superstitous fools - that 
all the great and Godlike deviness of this country are 
deceeved er deceevers, that all Christian Europe,even 
those heroik souls that dare meet death with a smile - 
embrasing the stake, crying out welcome cross of Christ, 
welcome everlasting life, are not so wise as their purs- 
ecutors and gon to hell or worse, damned for oving Christ 
more than life. In a word that all our sires were fools 
or worse than fools for almost 2,000 years by telling us 
that Jesus Christ is with God - they tell us this and 
more - they tell us that Christ himself was a lyar for 
he says I and my father are one - they may confess him to 
be the son of God - if so he can be no lyar - if no lyar 
then the God - for he thought it no robery to be called 
equal to God and not God - now it is impossible to be 
equal with God and not be God - now a purality og Gods 
is equally impossible - therefore one in God. Of the 
truth of this theory I believe every rational mind in 
this assembly (which is not heated by self infatuation) 
is thoroughly convinced. Therefore again I shall say 
shall anyone rise up in this assembly and tell us that 
this great redemption (to use their own words) is not God 
and at the same time none dare to open his mouth to re- 

*An attack on Smith and the Mormons 


% 


- 105 - 


fu±e it - none dare to defend the religion he professes 
to believe - that religion which thousands have lane 
down their heads on the block to support - that relig¬ 
ion in support of which thousands have been burnt at 
the stake while some have been crucifyd with their heads 
downward and others thrown into caldrons of boiling oil 
rather than renounce. But I shall aRise to advocate 
this glorius cause - at the same time I am sorry it has 
found no abler advocate at tnis time - but do not think 
that this doctrine that has been here advanced, which I 
consider abomable heresy is of new date nor on a sure 
foundation - impossible to confute. No it was promul¬ 
gated some hundreds of years ago by one Arias in the 
time of one of the Popes at Rome when Herricles were prev¬ 
alent and was then exploded. It has since been advocated 
by one Socinus but soon confuted and it and its advo¬ 
cates silenced. It would be impossible for me to follow 
all its secret histories but be assured that its uphold¬ 
ers are and have been for the most part men of evil char¬ 
acter - who have been excommunicated from other society 
for immoral conduct - we will look at its princpul lead¬ 
ers in this country. Smith and Billy Smith - we are inf¬ 
ormed are ambitious men desirous of becoming popular and 
leaders of a party. Smith professed to preach the Meth- 
odistical way and doctrine until he had increased his 
following which-' is their general practice. Bailey was 
expelled from other society before he joined them. Such 
their doctrine and such the beholders. I shall conclude 
by expressing my conviction that your good sense will not 
allow you to be carried away by a smooth told story or 
affecting tales told by whining women. Search the Sch- 
riptures and see if these things be so. 

(In his illiteracy he was a true product of the Refor¬ 
mation. He read his own bible and dared to interpret it 
without interference by priest or prelate. P.M.B.) 


Marxh 8, 1821. 


Harry Martin dr. 

To borrowing 7 oz bees wax. 

M Pair of cowhide leather uppers 

" " 10 doz whips 

Owes for cutting and braiding one whip 
Owes half a pitchfork 

Sent out 4 doz whips . Itinerant sales, 22 days in Conn. 
Came here Febr. 27, 1822. 

Settled all book account here-to=fore contracted. 

Samuel Martin 
Harry Martin. 

This is Deacon Samuel Martin setting his brother up 
to sell whips, Windsor, N.Y. was known as the M whip 
capital of the world". This one of the first industries 
in Broome County. 


96 


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Danube, March 11, 1821 

• 


Spoor Robert 

2.77 

Paid 2.00 

Groat, Frederick 

..22 


Allen, Joel 

.15 

pail 

Staters, Aaron 

2.67 

paid 

Haypt, Samuel 

2.14 

.paid $2.00 

Fosburgh, Bartholomew 

.47 

- .; . > • 

Holmes, Ezra 

1.60 

paid 

Wilcox, Nathan 

2.45 

note 

Miller, Caleb 

1.00 


Sternberg, Jac. 

2.80 

paid $1.22 

Baum, Phillip 

2.06 

paid $1,36 

Covel, Enos 

.64 _ 


Van Valkenberg, P 

1.00 


Nye , Sylvanus 

.82 


Pomeroy, Charles 

2.36 

note 

Carver, Henry 

1.73 

1 

paid 

Truax, Peter 

1.30 

note 

Nye, Shubel 

2.88 

t 

note 

a 

Jones, William 


paid , 

Waggoner, Wm. P. 

1'. 80 

note 

Willcox, Isaiah 

.22 


House, Widow 

.77 

paid 

V ano nam, Jno. 

.75 


McMullen, Jno. 

,75 


Stixler, Frederick 

.98 


Derby, Benjamin 

.46 


Bale, John 

.28 


Tygrrt. Wm. 

1.00, 

note 

Croat, Wm. 

. .28 



This is from a discarded account book of J.D. Bancroft and was 
used in constructing .a home made school attendance book 
of his own making. Books were expensive. At this time many 
home made account books, copy books, scrap books, teachers 
attendance books, Arithmetic books, diaries, etc. were made. 


Ill 


97 


Danube School Contract with John D. Bancroft, 1822. 


An article of agreement by and between John D, Bancroft, 
the first party and the subscribers of the Town of Danube 
Herkimer County of the second part, —, that the party of 
the first part doth agree to teach a•? good Common School 

(English School) -• And party of the second 

fcart doth agree to pay party of the first part one dollar 
per scholar,----, and provided the school should not average 
thirty scholars the party of the first part is to have 9 
shillings per scholar with, food, washing etc. and further 
to furnish a comfortable school house and its :necessary 
appendages - dated Danube, Jan. 17, 1822. 


E Hughes 1 
Bud Pierce 
Nicholas Akerman 2 
Charles Pomeroy 2 
Mrs. P. Waggoner 3i 
William W——2 
Frederick M—- 1 



98 










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- 108 


Danube, N.Y. 

Sunday October 1 , 1821 

Glorious, Eternal and Ever Blessed God, Thou Father 

« 

of All Mercies, Thou lover of the souls of men, Thou giv¬ 
er of every good and perfect gift, be pleased in mercy to 
bestow the blessing of Thy grace upon me, thy unworthy 

t 

servant. Thou knowest my infirmatires, my weakness, my 
shortcomings, Oh, just and true God. Pass by and for¬ 
give, Oh, My God, and if I have found favor in thy 
sight, Oh, Lord* supply all my needs. Teach me, helpme, 

and assist me by Thy Holy Spirit. -. Illuminate my . 

mind, -, give me wisdom. -, Absolve me from sin, 

cleanse me me from pride, my besetting sin; purge me from 
folly and vane thought.,,.Help me keep my mind on heavenly 
and devine thought and not on the things of the time and 
sense any more than duty requires. Oh, Lord, hear repet¬ 
ition and request for Christ's sake. I ask in his worthy 
name and not in my,.own. I would give myself to Thee. 

I would surrender myself, my body and soul to Thee. Do 
with me as seemeth good in Thy sight, fit and prepare me 
for all duties which Thou r requireth; make me an instru¬ 
ment in Thy hands for doing good to my fellow creatures, 
give me Grace equal to my day; speak peace to my soul. 

Lord of Heaven and of Earth into Thy hands do I give my¬ 
self, either for life or death, on Thy call. I Trustmy 
God. Amen. 

J.D.Bancroft 

Found in the old 1 Demarest 
Nautical Log, which was used^as 
a copy book. 

This represents a very emotional reponse to his conversion 
and baptism in the atmosphere of a revival camp meeting. 
His loved one, Marie, beautiful when he saw her last,had 
died during a fort night when we went to his fathers oo 
help with the haying. He returned to be crushed by her 
sudden and unexpected death. He was astranged from his 
father and step-mother, so had no support from his family 
in this tf-iai: The revival meeting served only to inten- 


100 


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sify his emotional response. So at the time his response was 
to give himself to the Lord's service probably in the ministry. 

r • -*’«*“ t 

Eventually he felt he had not been"called" and entered med- 

f 

icine instead. Letters and conversations with ministers follow 

t * w 

whi$h depict his search for the Lord's will for him. 

Why did he write this and other prayers?. It must be 

” . I • r 

noted that through ten years as a school teacher he saught 
perfection in his expressions. He wrote poetry, especiallythe 

< ; ^ i • » 

demanding acrostics, to improve his M word power" and skill in 

j # ■*" • V 

expression. He Saught excellence in letter writing by writing 

< ! • « —* V * * 

first drafts in a copy book, criticising them and then copying 

a final draft to send. Note his use of words, spelling and 

- * ■ ' 

sentence structure. Eecall that he had studied greek and latin 
and wasc’familiar with the origins of English words. He was 

1 9 >. 

in language a perfectionist. , If he was to serve the Lord in 

• * j . 

the pulpit, I feel that these written prayers were planned 

preparation for a day when he would need to be able to express 

• » 

himself well in appropriate language. Up to this time he had 

t 

been .carefree, happy go lucky, itinerant school teacher; the 
"new young man in town", socially very popular and now he con= 

i 

templates a major revolution in his life. 

* . 4 

It would be easy to make light of his emotionalism but 
this does him great injustice. His loves unexpected death, 

i t 

his isolation from family support, his religious conversion 
Makes this emotional response appropriate. His emotional 
stability through a successful medical career under the stress 
of the political and scientific revolution of the 19th century 
speaks well of his strength of character. P.M.B. 


i • 


114 - 


101 


Danube, Nov. 1, 1821 


To Elder Toel W. Clarke, 

Dear Sir, 

* address you with cheerfulnes - knowing that your 
generous heart will not despise my weakness, but with 
the gentleness of a friend will take the liberty to 
correct - The weakness of my nature, the corrupt¬ 
ness of my heart and my coldness and slothfulness - 
makes me Degin to doubt whether I was not mistaken 
as to what we were conversing: on when I saw you last - 
be that as it may I request an interest in your 
prayers and your advice as a friend - I know I have 
no claim in and of myself but the cause which I have 
espoused, by the drawing of Divine Love - belts' 
nearest your heart - and as the welfare of Zion - 
to us shortsighted mortals would be injured, if one 
of its children should aspire to a place where duty 
did not call and fall- Ah! let it pass the subject 
requires more deliberation upon and more close ex¬ 
amination - Am I not a poor unworthy worm of the dust 
be tempted more than he is £:le to bear may he not 
fall in the eyes of the world and thereby brine: a 
reproach upon a cause of gainsaying but more espec¬ 
ially may he not do anything which shall be offensive 
or not right in the eyes of Creator who is just and 
good, 0 that thou wouldst be to me as Paul was to 
Timothy - 0 that God would keep me in all his paths 
and suffer not my feet to wander. Lord, teach me and 
cleanse me good in all thing's - instruct me and 
help me to do thy will 0 Lord - May I grow in grace 
and in the knowledge of the truth - May the blessings 
of Almighty God smile on you and yours - Give my respects 
to Mrs. Clarke. 

I remain, dear Sir, in good health, 

Your sincere friend, 

And humble brother in Christ, 

J. D. Bancroft 


102 


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110 


102a 


March 3, 1822 

Articles of Faith of the Baptist Church of 

Sangerfield. 

We believe there is but one living and true God, and that 
there are three Divine offices in the God Head, the Father, 
the Son and the Holy Ghost; that these three are one Jehovah; 
and are harmoniously equal in nature, power and glory. 

We believe the Son of God of the same essence with the 
Father did in the fulness of time become incarnate and ass¬ 
umed the human nature, consisting of a true body and a reason¬ 
able soul; that the body of the substance of the Virgin Mary 
that this assumed nature did really obey, suffer and die as 
the substitute of his people, thereby he made full satisfaction 
unto the law and justice of God and brought in everlasting 
righteousness, made peace by the blood of the cross and obtain¬ 
ed eternal redemption for those that obey him and that 
he arose again from the dead on the third day and took his 
body and all things appertaining to the perfection of man's 
nature wherewith he ascended into heaven and there sitteth at 
the right hand of the Father until he returns to judge the 
world. 

We believe the Holy Ghost proceedeth from the Father and the 
Son and is of the same essence and equal in power, wisom, 
magesty and Glory. 

We believe that the Holy Scripture of the old and new testament 
are the word of God; and are given by Devine inspiration and 
contain a perfect rule of faith and practice. 

We believe that God created man upright after his own image 
and endowed him with ability to keep the law of God; yet our 
first parents did not long abide in this honour and by eat¬ 
ing of the forbidden fruit fell from their original right¬ 
eousness and communion with God, they standing by God's 
appointment in the room and stead of all mankind the guilt 
of corrupt nature was thereby conveyed to all their poster¬ 
ity descending from them by ordinary generation, being now 


102b 


110a 


considered in sin and by nature children of wrath, servants 
of sin, the subjects of death, and all other miseries spirit¬ 
ual, temperal and eternal from this original corruption, we 
are utterly indisposed to all good and wholly inclined to 
all evil. 

We believe that God in His rich sovereign and free Grace 
did elect His Chosen in Christ from the foundation of the 
world whom he gave unto him, with grace and glory for them, 
that this was from his own rich sovereign and free grace who 
worketh all things after the counsel of his own will. 

We believe that the Father did make a covenant of Peace 
with Christ his son on behalf of His people from ever¬ 
lasting, therein Christ was ordained their Savior and Redeemer 
and all spiritual blessings are deposited in his hands, they 
are become His care and charge. 

We believe that justification is an act of God’s free grace 
through the redemption that is in Christ; where by the sinner 
is accepted as righteous in his sight only in and through 
the righteousness of Christ imparted to the believer by 
faith alone. 

We believe that Sanctification is a progressive work, begun in 
regeneration and completed in glorification and that regen¬ 
eration, effectual vocation and conviction are the work of the 
Holy Spirit. 

We believe there are two sacraments or standing ordinances in 
the church instituted by Christ the Head and King of Zion, 
which ought to be observed by all who have covenanted together, 
that is Baptism and The Lord's Supper; that the only subject 
of baptism a credible profession of faith and repentance to¬ 
ward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, that it is to 
be administered by immersion of the body of the subject in 
water, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost and that 
the Lord's supper is to be administered to such only as have 
been thus baptized, that this is by giving and receiving 
bread and wine as our Lord has appointed, that his death 


Ill 


102c 


may be shown forth and the souls of the faithful strengthened 
and refreshed. 

We believe that those chosen of God the Father, redeemed by 
the Son and Sanctified by the Holy (Spirit) Ghost shall not 
finally fall so as to perish but shall persevere in Grace 
to eternal Glory. 

We believe Christ will come the second tine personally, visible 
and Gloriously and that there will be resurrection of the just 
and the unjust; that the dead thus raised shall be summoned 
to the tremendous bar of God, the Judge of all, then shall 
He reward to every man according to his works, whether it be 
good or bad, He will pass the sentence on all men, then 
shall the wicked go away into everlasting banishment; but to 
the righteous life eternal and at the death of the righteous 
their souls do immediately pass into Glory and the souls of 
the wicked at the death of their bodies go immediately into 
misery while their bodies rest in their graves until the res¬ 
urrection . 

(Written in a small, bound volume of blank pages used before 
as an arithmetic book. He was teaching school at this time. 


P.M.B.) 


- 113 - 


103a 


West Leydon Church Covenant - 1822. 

You do now in the presence of the omnipotent God and 
in the presence of men Avow the Lord Jehovah to be 
your only Lord and Sovereign and give up yourself to 
His service without the least knowing reservation, 
taking the Holy Word for your rule of conduct and by 
the assistance of Devine grace you promise to observe 
all the commands and institutions enjoined on you there¬ 
in as far as you understand them, that you will attend 
the Public "orship of God and the Ordinances of the 
gospel in the church and to faithfully watch over its 
members, as far as devine providence admits. Also in 
each private relation use your influence to promote 
true piety and Family religion and, submitting to the 
laws of Christ in the discipline of His house, in abs¬ 
taining from and watching against whatsoever is un¬ 
becoming the Christian profession, denying all ungod¬ 
liness and worldly lusts, that you will endeavor to 
live soberly, righteously and Godly in this present 
evil world, seeking the advancement of His Kingdom 
and the general good. 

We on our part covenant with you to watch over you in 
Christian love and faithfulness and walk with you ac¬ 
cording to the precepts of the gospel, humbly and 
trusting in the righteousness of our glorious re¬ 
deemer for the patdon of all our sins and the in= 
dwelling of the Holy Spirit to sanctify and enable 
us to persevere in holiness to the coming of our 
Lord and Savour Jesus Christ to whom be honor and 
power everlasting. Amen. 


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Articles of Practice 
West Leydon Baptist Church 1822 

That we will receive none unto our community but 
such as give satisfactory account of the work of Grace 
in their hearts and who's jives a6 far as we are able 
to judge corresponds to their profession and will sub¬ 
mit to the ordinance of submersion, nor admit any to 
communion or to ally with us but those who belong to 
some Christian church or our faith and order. 

That we esteem it a duty of parents and heads of 
families in ordinary cases to maintain,--., daily wor¬ 
ship of God in their families by reading the scrip¬ 
tures and prayers, including females who are widows 
or in the absence of their husbands. 

That we will observe the first day of the week 
as the Lord’s day by devoting it to the public and 
private worship of God. And assemble ourselves to¬ 
gether to attend Devine worship and ordinances as far 
as providence permits and also stated meetings for 
prayer and Christian conversation on other days or 
give a satisfactory reason to the church for any om- 
missions. 

That the door of the church is to be open for 
the improvement of the gifts therein whether prayer 
exhortation or doctrine and the church is to judge- 
of the gifts, whether they edify or not and approve 
or disapprove accordingly, endeavoring to set each 
member in his proper place for the benefit of the 
whole. 

That in all cases of private offences that the 
rule in the 18th of Mathew ought to be attended to in 
the first and second steps before a complaint is bro- 
ght to the church and when any matters come before 
the church the voice of the majority of the members 
present is to be considered as the act of the church. 
The act of admonition of members, also calling and 
setting apart of officers, excluding them from office 
in case of offence being committed to the church, so 


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that counsels are only advisory. 

That we esteem the preaching of the gospel and admin 
istration of its ordinances to be institutions of Jesus 
Christ for the building of His kingdom in the world and 
therefore do agree to support the gospel ministry among 
us according to our substance and ability and that the 
church have a right to judge of the abilities of each mem 
ber and deal with those who neglect this duty as in other 
cases of the breach of the covenant. 

That we will take care of the poor of our community 
as to necessary subsistence of the body and not cast them 
on the mercy of the public and yet not excluding applica¬ 
tion to the public fund for their support or relief in 
certain cases of extreme indigence and want. That we 
will not sue each other in any ordinary case but submit 
it to the judgement of the church. 


112 


10 5 


March 3, 1822 


The Confession of Faith. 

The Baptist Church of West Leyden. 

We believe in one self existant. Independant and Eternal 
God, who is manifested to us by the Father, Son and Holy 
Ghost. Infinite in wisdom, power, holiness, justice, good¬ 
ness and truth, who hath made all things for the display of 
his own glory and exersizes a righteous government over all 
his works. 

We believe the God hath given revelation of his character 
and will of himself in the scriptures of the old and New Test¬ 
aments, which contain a perfect rule of our duty both to God 
and man and by which we must be tried at the day of Judgement. 

We believe that in consequence of the apostacy of our first 
parents all their posterity of are by nature in a state of 
opposition to and enmity against God and under the curse of 
his Holy Law. 

We believe that God so loved the earth that he gave his only 
begotten son, the Lord from Heaven to redeem and save lost 
sinners, who took on him the seed of Abraham and by His obe¬ 
dience and suffering magnified the Devine Law, attoned for 
sin and opened the way for honourable excersize of mercy to 
the guilty children of man and that in consequence of the 
mediation of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit is sent to convince 
those that are chosen to be heirs of salvation of their native 
enmity toward God, their just deserts from His wrath, the im¬ 
possibility of pleasing or enjoying Him in an unregerated 
state, to renew and sanctify their hearts and influence them 
to excersize repentance towards God and faith in the Lord 
Jesus Christ and that the believers are justified freely by 
his Grace through the redemption of Christ and kept by the 
power of God through faith unto salvation. 

We believe that all mankind under the light of the bible 
(Gospel) are called upon to repent and believe in Jesus 


112a 


Christ and that their oposition to God and the method of 
His Grace is so far from excusing them from blame that it is 
the great thing in that their sin consisted thereof all 
believers are without excuse and justly condemned. 

We believe there will be a general resurrection of the body 
of both the unjust and the just and that all of the human 
race shall stand before the judgement seat of Christ whom 
God hath ordained to judge of the quick and the dead who 
shall received the righteous into eternal life but sentence 
the wicked to eternal punishment. 


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109 


Danube, May 31, 1822. 

Rev. and Dear Sir, 

I know the cause of Christ to be nearer your your 
heart and whatl affect that,-, affects you and there¬ 
fore I address you,-, with some degree of confidence 

that Christ, in whom dwelleth all fulness, will see fit 
to make you be to me what Paul was to Timothy. 

I presume you will recollect the conversation 

that passed between us when I was at your house. - 

(he elaborates at great length about his uncertainty 
about his duty to the Lord) 

I promised myself, or the Lord, that if the Lord would 
pardon my sins and give me a token that I had passed 
from death unto life, I would serve him and be willing 
to spend and be spent for his names sake. At length 
this came to my mind M ask and it shall be given unto 
you", then I began asking fervently in prayer. Soon 
this passage came to me,"give me thy whole heart” and 
I prayed "Take me I am wholly thine". And immediately 
I began to feel such throbbing and joy at heart that 
pen cannot describe and I thought the Lord had been so 
good to me that I was willing to give up all to him and 
do his will in all respects and tell of his goodness to 
all men and if it was his will I should preach or do 

anything for him. -. 

I wish you would give me your mind freely and 
keep nothing from me. In your wisdom advise me as you 
shall think most to the glory of God and the honor and 
glory of God and the advancement of his cause and may 
the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ keep us from doing 
anything contrary to his will. I would rather lose 
my right hand than bring reproach on his cause. Or 
my life than to attempt to preach when God has not 

called me. - , 

Yours with greatest respect, 

A.F.Cadwell. 

J.D.Bancroft 
Sangerfield, N.Y. 

(Cadwell was converted at the same revival meeting that 


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J.D.Bancroft was. They were baptized together in 
the river. Both young men struggled with the prob¬ 
lem of just how they should serve their Lord. Both 
considered the ministry and both were troubled over- 
the problem of what constituted "a call”. In their 
exchange of letters both exhibited immaturity and 
Cadwell considerable emotional instability. P.M.B. 


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Manchester, N . Y. 

Nov. 19, 1823. 

Dear Friend, 

I wen*t to the canal the afternoon you left 
Litchfield and put our things aboard the boat and 
I vent on to Utica that night so that I might be 
there early in the morning to get my dye stuffs and 
tools. By riding on the deck the intermittent fever 
took hold and continued for a week, then the ague 
and fever clenched me and shook me almost to death, 
it continued for ten days, I was determined to have 
it broke if possible, and accordingly I got the man 
who rode with me to fetch two pails of water. Just 
as the fit came on ' on had it dashed on me a pitcher 
full at a time and then wrapped up in flannel and 
went to bed and drank a brandy sling with half a nut¬ 
meg in it and hot penny royal tea, together with 
three jugs of boiling hot water, one to my feet 
and one each side of me, which made me sweat power¬ 
fully. I had only four fits more, very light. Then 
began to get better and in two weeks began to work. 
Then by working too hard brought it on again for j a 
week and then it left me for a while and then by 
worrying too much it came on a third time and shook 
me every other day for ten days and then it left me 
entirely. I was not able to do much for eight weeks, 
however I got my workmen to work on my mill and got 
my works in operation about the middle of of Oct¬ 
ober and cloth came in pretty fast. Have got my 
work pretty convenient and am dressing cloth in in 
pretty good style. 

1 have my health now as well as I ever had and 
enjov myself better. Elmira is very healthy and 
contented as expected. Give my best respect to Dr. 

Ellis and his wife. C.Cadwell 

to J.D.Bancroft 






















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New Orleans 
July 7, 1824 

Dear Parents, 

It is now some time since I '."wrote you but I 
have been so busily engaged that I have had no time 

to spare. - In spite of all the extreme heat 

the city continues to be healthy as usual for this 
season. Though I am fearful should this extreme 
heat continue much longer we shall have hard times 
later on. But I have got business so arranged that 
I can leave any time should sickness commence,-. 

I talk some of comming home early next spring 
to stay three weeks. That is if Mr Stark does 
well with his cotton in Providence and New York 
and I think his prospects are good of making con¬ 
siderable. -. 

Give my best respects to all friends and tell 
Nathaniel Howland that I may perhaps come there 
next winter and eat some "greens" with him. 

Yours 

Henry Pearce. 

Mr. Henry Pearce, 

Pawiings, N.Y. {Dutchess County) 


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Lewisville, 

July 22, 1824/29 

Dear Parents, 

I now devote a few leisure moments to the gard- 
ians of my infancy. I would first inform them I am 
as well and contented as can be expected here below. 

I am situated with a truly amiable family where 
every-thing goes on in harmony. My business is light. 
I have little to do except feeding his pigs and 
catching his horse. What little acquaintance I have 
with the people, they do very well, except one great 
fault which generally prevails, that is profaneness. 

I have had to drive team a little for half a day 
.and I expect I shall a little more. Give the within 
to Henry. Pray answer it soon. 

I:must conclude by subscribing myself your loving 
son until death shuts the scene. 

John Birdsall 

John and Mary Birdsall 

(John Jr. describes some of his duties while study¬ 
ing under a doctor, his preceptor. P.M.B.) 


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Febr. 20, 1825. 

Galopolus, Ohio. 

Dear Aunt, 

I have to acknowledge my neglect and might say 
aparent ingratitude toward you. I received your let¬ 
ter of July 7 and Nov. 25 about four weeks ago but 
the one to whom they were addressed is no more. My 
mother has gone the way of all the world, Jan. 18, 
1824. Her reason began to return and in about two 

months she became perfectly at herself except - 

state of her mind fearing that her conduct while 
she was crazy would be charged against her in judge 
ment day. She was taken sick at my house on sun- 
day, July 1,. The next Saturday afternoon I went to 
Mr. Cases, five miles up the river from my house 
where I was taken very sick. The next Sunday morn¬ 
ing Mr Case and Chloe brought me home by water and 
took mother home with them. On monday a preacher 
called and talked and prayed with her. She seemed 
more composed. She was able to walk to a near by 
neighbors. The woman in the house asked her how 
she felt in her mind. She said some better. That 
after noon she was taken worse. On Wednesday morning 
she was taken speechless but her countenance seemed 
to present peace of mind. On thursday, August 5th., 
at three oclock in the morning she left this world 
of trouble which she for rising of 50 years, most 
of the time has been sorrowfully passing through. 

Her corps was brought back to my house, the funeral 
sermon was preached by Elder Rathburn. Respects 
were paid to her last remains ny a large congrega tion 
of people. I have had a long and tedius fit 
ness, likewise my wife and four children, all sick 
at the same time. Also the summer before my fam¬ 
ily were all sick except myself and oldest child. 

This has not been unusual in our part of the coun¬ 
try where whole families to be sick for two seasons 
past. Many of our fellow mortals have left the 
shores of time. Capt. Griffith died last October. 
Mrs. Sisko who was Altine Sisson died last Sept. 


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and left two small children , I suppose you,.hzve heard 
of the death of Uncle Amos which was soon After his 
last arrival to this country. He suffered greatly 
through his sickness and trust he had repented with 
that repentence which the apostle speaks of. I think 

I can truly say he died in the triumph of faith. 

Mrs. Russel Phebes husband has been sick ever since they 

they were married until last fall when he regained his 
health. He has a good farm six miles from me. Tn^i^ 
propects in the world are good. George and Mary live 
At Mr. Edwards in Gallopolis, Ohio, where they have 
lived for five years. Mary has been kept at school 
most of the time. George is learning the tanners trade. 

You have stated that it has been too*, long since 
I had written you. I still live 13 miles up the river 
from Gallopolis which is the most convenient post 
office for me. 

My best respects to Uncle Birdsall and all the 
rest of the camily. I ever remain your affectionate 
friend and nephew. 

Henry Sisson 

Mary Birdsall 

Unadilla, Otsego Co., N.Y, 


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Salsbury, April 25,1825. 


Very Dear Aunt, 

It was with pleasure I have had the perusal of your 
letter sent to mother and Henry, Nov. 25, last. God in 
his mercy, previous to the arrival of your letter, saw 
fit to remove my dear mother, your loving sister, to 
that blessed place where the truly penetant shall find 
rest, saith Holy rit (herspelling) ’’Blessed are the 
dead that die in the Lord, yea saith the spirit, for 
they rest from their labors and their works do follow 
them”. It is a hope that we even have for our departed 
friends who have good evidence of their --. faith¬ 

fulness, as I think she did, that our loss is their gain 
And I think I even say of her she, as the apostle did 
of those light afflictions that she endured evidently 
worked out for her a far more exceeding night of glory. 
Although after she obtained her reason many dark abd 
dismal days appeared. Yet it could be observed that 
she loved Jesus that she had professed to. She appeared 
to have a great sense of her wicked heart and would often 
observe that it could never enjoy happiness. But the 
last four days which she spent at my house she appeared 
to be resigned to the will of her maker. She observed 
previous to her sickness that she would be glad to hear 
from you before she died, which she appeared to be sen¬ 
sible of, soon after she obtained her reason. 

I have heard that Henry has written to you and has 
told you more than I should write. Having a few liesure 
hours I employ them in writing to a dear aunt who, altho 
far distant and long separated, is yet not forgotten by 
her affectionate niece. 

Chloe M. Chase. 

John and Mary Birdsall, 

Huntsville, Otsego Co., N.Y. 



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Salsbury 
April 25, 1825. 

Dear cousins 

I am, through infinite mercy enjoying tolerable 
health and all friends are well. A gentleman has just 
arrived who lives about twenty miles from here, close 
by Uncle Simeons, who informs us they are well. You 
have heard probably that I have changed my situation 
in life. I was married the tenth day of August to Luther 
Case, formerly of New England. Please write. Direct 
your letters to him in Salsbury, Meggs County, Ohio to 
be left at at the Chesten Post Office. You also have 
likely have heard that Phebe is entered the conubial 
state. She is married to Mr. Moses Russell formerly 
from Virginia. They have two children. I am living 
on the bank of the pleasant Ohio whos gentle waters 
are wafting downward daily boats, rafts and steam boats, 
three or four a day. There is a drop of twenty feet 
from Pittsburg to the falls. 

I have written my paper over and must close. 

Accept this scrawl from your real friend. Love to 
all friends. 

Chloe M. Case 

Mary Birdsall 

Huntsville, Otsego Co., N.Y. 


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Sept. 4, 1825. 

Ever Dear Aunt, 

It is with pleasure that I now sit down to improve 
a few moments as they pass away to inform you that we 
are well, just hope that these few lines may find you 
enjoying the same blessing. Though we are separated 
from each other yet we can converse together through 
the medium of a letter. Horace has took a tour to the 
west as far as Michigan this spring and summer. He is on 
his way back. He is inS'tratford, Montgomery County about 
40 miles from home. He called at Chautauqua to see Nathan 
and found him well. He was at a place of excecution where 

a man had killed his wife. He said he was insane. He 

did not know what he did. He was hung at 2 oclock. Broke 

the rope came to the gound and as soon as he recovered 

was hung the second time. Nathan said it was a solemn 
sight. He called at Ohio to see Uncle Elijahs folks. Found 
them all well. Anson talks of coming down this fall. Aunt 
Debra thinks she will visit Otsego once more if she has her 
health. Uncle Elijah is quite lame. The boys are men 

grown. Lydias health is good. Susan and Debra make 

a great many inquiries, sent their love to enquiring friends 
I talk of learing the tailors trade. Have sought diligently 
to find a place but no success and should be glad if you 
could get a place for me. Give my love to enquiring friends 
and Uncle John 

Good by 

Mary Birdsall 

You must rectify all mistakes for I am in a great hurry. 

I calculated to send this by Mrs. Northrop. Tell Aunt 
Chloe we were all pleased with her visit. Eead andburn 
this letter. 


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Medical Col. (Fairfield) Jan. 19, 182? 

Composed for the candidates for M. D. to be sung at 
their social meeting: - by A. C. 


Song. 

Fill the cup and cheerily send 
Health round to every friend 
Friendships smile with parting blend 
Let pleasure charm the hour. 

Fill the cup, let pleasure find 
Here welcome home in every mind 
Yet ne’er forget we leave behind 

Our well-loved college halls. 

May sweet Hygaeas cheery smile 
Attend our future destined toil 
And fortune bless our life the while 
And may our science thrive. 

See ! Dark disease his withering power 
Shed out on lifes most happy hour 
Ah! See him scathe the loveliest flower 
That blooming in splendor here 

Tis ours to check the tyrant way 
Tis ours to bid the tyrant stay 
And turn his reckless arm away. 

And calm the pang of care 

Agloing wild was lovely earth 
Spring forth in time primeval birth 
Till sent from heaven sprang genious forth 
And blazed upon the world. 

Twas when Hyppocrates arose 
And found a balm for human woes 
And 'gainst frail man's inveterate foes 
And the might of science hurled 

Written on the back, apparently by J. D. B. 

The poets mind is not a barren waste 
Bereft: of reason, beauty or of taste. 

No it has secret cords of feeling thrown 
:Aronnd:lt. And they are all his own 
Let fortune plant the tempest in his sky 
He needs but to invoke his well-loved lye 
And call forth from its melody a strain 
And see how speedily the clouds retire 
And all is peace within again. 


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Springfield, Ohio, 
March 1, 1826. 


Dear Brother and Sister, 

After presenting you with our best complement 
I would inform you we are all, through the good¬ 
ness of Providence, well and hope these lines will 
find you enjoying the same. I want to see you more 
than tongue can express but I don't know if we ever 
see each other again in this world. But I hope we 
may meet on Canaan's sunny shore where parting will 
be no more. I thought last fall we should meet 
once more but our expectations got cut off in some 
measure. But if we have our health we mean to keep 
trying to come back. But our health has been very 
poor this winter. There has been a good manv deaths 
but we have been spared as yet. If it were not for 
the sickness I expect we are better where we are 
than we should be there. * T e have got a good piece 
of land and it is payed for. But if we can sell we 
mean to come back. Sometimes I feel very anxious to 
come back but the distance is far. I want you should 
write if you think there would be any chance for us 
if we should live to come back. I often converse with 
you in my sleep. But when I awake my comfort is 
all gone. I wish we might be so happy as to meet once 
moreT I have no news to write only that our connect¬ 
ion at present is well. I have not heard anything 
from Margaret, only what I have heard from there. 

If you hear from her I want you should write me and 
let me know where she is. I want you should remember 
my love to Stephen and tell him I want he should 
write to me. I want you to remember my love to John 
Birdsall and to Mary in particular and to all the 
family and to all inquiring friends. 

I remain your loving sister till death. 

Simon Sisson 

Susan Sisson -^avid J. Houghton 

Cloey Houghton 

I must tell you what misfortune happened to Ben¬ 
jamin. He had his house burnt soon after John 
Gardener left here, and pretty much all he had. 


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If you see Nathan I want you should tell him to 
write to me. I think he has forgot me. Tell Eligar 

Willson the same. I know the distance is far but 

I should be glad to hear from more. And you must 

write in particular about Betsey Horning:, I want 

to hear from her. Emiline is going to school. 

She is about as large as I am. Elisha says he can 

cut rails, cuts as fast as his can split them. 

Sarah and Nathan and William, they all remember 

there love to your children. 

Town of Springfield, 

County of Galia, Ohio. 


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Damascus, N.Y. 

Oct. 17, 1827. 

Dear Brother in the Lord, 

I received your letter of the 24th of September and 
enjoyed hearinf from you. Our friends in Huntsville and 
Sidney are all well. You write that you are in Hamilton 
University. I hope you may be prospered in your under= 
taking and yet be blessed to the Zion of God. There is 
a great want of laborers in the vieyard. The harvest 
truly is great and the laborers are few in this part of 
the cpuntry. Where I am is but few good preachers of the 
gospel and the people have been so long without theadmin- 
istration of the word and ordinances that they seem to be 
indifferent both regard to it. In some places and in 
others they seem very hungry. I have thought of the 
wise man’s observation in the Proverbs."to the hungry 
soul every bitter thing is sweet". I visited a destit¬ 
ute church last Sabbath in Palmyra about 24 miles away 
and tried to preach three times, they gave much attention 
to the word. Some much affected. Where I reside there is 
much attention to our meetings. We hope sinners iwill 
soon throng to the temple gates. 

You rEquested me to look for a school in the country. 
If I can find one will Write. 

I have to go ten miles this afternoon to attend a 
meeting and tomorrow to Cannan which is 26 miles from 
here. 

Remember my love to bretheren Allen and Fletcher if 

they are at Hamilton yet,. 

Yours in the bond of Christian affection 

Horace Jones. 

John 0. Birdsall 

Hamilton, Madison County, N.Y. 


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Laura Birdaalls Home bound Notebook 
Started in 1826 or 1827 Quotations, 

What is the state of my soul before God? I believe it is 
right in principle, I desire no other portion but God; but I pass 
so many hours as if there were no God at all, I live far 
below the hope, a comfort, and holiness of the gospel. But be not 
slothful, 0 my soul, ; look unto Jesus the autthr and finisher of 
my faith. May I receive from above, a pure,a humble, a benevolent 
and heavenly mind; Wnat a sink of corruption is the heart! And 
yet I can go from day to day in self seeking and self pleasing-. 
Lord, show me myself, nothing but wounds and bruises and putrifyinp 
sores, and teach me to live by faith in Christ, my all 

Her penmanship is excellent. Her spelling is very good and 
she capitalizes and punctuates very well. 

She wrote in Huntsville Febr 13, 1827 
Coventry May 29, 1829 

John 0 birdsall became a member of the Baptist church of 
Huntsville 

May some kind angel his soft wings display. 

And guide you safe thru every dangerous way. 

In every clime most happy may you be, 

And if far distant sometimes think on me. 

Almira E. Birdsall wrote 
A.E.Birdsall wrote 

Deborah Lawrence wrote of Huntsville 1829 

These entiies suggest entries suitable for parting class mates 
1835 John D. Bancroft wrote a temperance song 
Her sister harriet 

Elder N. Pearce he was grandfather to Grandma Mary Birdsall 
on her mothers side. 

A composition by Elder Nathaniel Wattles 

The death of Henry as child is mentioned 

Otego Febr 3, 1839 

Harputsville, 1839 Febr. 11 

Febr 25, 1840 transcribed by J. D. Bancroft 

April 19th 1857 snowing all dav to depth of l£ feet 

Harpursville April 22, I 838 Laura Birdsall Bancroft 


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Huntsville, N.Y. 

Mrs.Betsey Beach, Dec. 15, 1827 

With the belief that it is gratifying to an affectionate 
person to hear from relatives in a distant land, I am ad¬ 
dressing myself to you, hoping with this apology you will 
pardon the intrusion of a stranger. 

Melancholy indeed is the information that I have to 
communicate but as our heavenly father has given us assur¬ 
ances of an existence beyond the grave; where the deciples 
of Jesus will all be united never to part. On Friday the 
30th of November your sister Hannah Raymond separated this 
life after being confined three weeks. During the first 
part of her illness she was deprived of her reason but a 
day or two before she died her reason returned. Although 
she was unable to say much she gave some evidence she was 
readyrand willing to leave this world for a better one, 
we fondly hope that what is lost to her friends is gain 
for her. This seems to be an admonition to us who are liv¬ 
ing that we be also ready and as we know not the time of 
our departure that we watch and be sober, that number our 
days, that we apply our hearts to wisdom and that we spend 
the residue of our lives in such a way that we can give up 
our accounts with joy and not with grief. 

Your mother is in good health at the present time 
and all your friends in these parts except Cynthia, her 
health has been poor for a number of months. But we hope 
she is mending at present. The Lord has favored the 
people in this place’^ith a very glorious display of Devine 
Grace in bringing souls from darkness to light. Cynthia 
is in the number of hopeful converts. She has united 
with the Baptist Church in this place. 

Please write to your brother in Carolina soon. 

Yours respectfully 
William H. Birdsall. 

Mrs Betsey Beach, 
in Carolina. 


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Paines Hollow 
Herkimer County 

Dear Sir, Febr. 3, 1828. 

Your father staid with us Tuesday night and would 
have come to visit you if sleighing had continued. He 
took with him things you left here. I have told your 
father of writing to Kingbury He thinks if there is 
encouragement you had better go. Since the I have re¬ 
ceived a letter from Boonville and he writes that he 
had conversed with the inhabitants of the place and . 
they as well as he think it would be advantagous for 
you to settle there. The distances are some greater 
from physicians, than the old lady said. I likewise 
send you a letter from your old roomates father. It 
Was through a mistake that it was given to Heliker as 
a lwtter to him and he broke the seal but he did n ot 
read much. Whether it will be better for you to go to 
Boonville before your school is out you will best Know. 
Dr. Bowan is at Bennett's Corner and one of his class 
at Cedarville and another At Frankfort village. Our 
family are all well. 

Respectfully yours, 

Benjamin E. Ellis 

Dr. J.D.Bancroft 
Minden, N Y. 


Paines Hollow 
July 10,1828. 

Dear Sir, 

We are in good health except for Mrs. Ellis who's 
health is poor. Your letter was very acceptable although 
I had almost dispaired of reveiving one from you. The abrup 

manner,-- in which you left was indicative of a little 

» 

sourness. (He apparently had clashed with Dr. Ellis) You 
mentioned Miss Belknap as your first obstetrical case and 
afterwards as being attacked by inflammation of the lungs. 

I have several times heard from you indirectly and as I have 
received the news I should judge that Miss Belknaps proved 
fatal. Mrs. Gillett was formerly an intimate acquaintance 
of mine. Please present my respects to her and her family. 
Mr. Swift does not have time to get to Booneville in season 
to attend the sale of land you mentioned. He suggested 
that you and the blacksmith should buy it. Your business 
is good and your prospects excellent if your charges are 
moderate. 

I last week received a letter from from Sanborn. He 
expects to take a degree next fall. John Major has the 
fever and ague periodically. Sabastion very sick three 
weeks £>ast with enteritis. 

We have had a large camp meeting. I attended it with 

Charlotte and Martha. -. 

Dr. Harper has married P. Draper’s daughter and dis- 
sblvdd the partnership with Dr. Crane. Robinson the dis¬ 
tiller talks of buying out Givuris and erect a distillery. 
Amos Reed has bought the John Jones farm and store for 
$ 2,000 

What do you think of Marrying? The whole family all 
send love. Respectfullv yours, 

B.G.Ellis. 

Dr. John D. Bancroft 
Stoke's Post office. 

Oneida County, N.Y. 









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Utica, N.Y. 

Sept. 25, 1828. 

Dear Sir, 

Your letter of the 18th inst.to Mr. Beebee has been 
received. I am gratified that you take such a deep in¬ 
terest in the ^Baptist Register. It is not thought to 
be expedient to vary from our general rule as to its 
price 

You state that you would not like to become respons¬ 
ible for the subscibers you might obtain. This is not 
expected unless you procure six subscibers with reference 
to have a seventh copy gratis. I think it is of great 
importance that our denomination should be informed about 
the great benevolent operations of the day and of the in¬ 
crease in the redeemer's kingdom. 

With regard to the tracts on the subject of baptism, 
I am sorry there are none, but expect them in soon. Pray 
that the Lord may bless you in all efforts to advace 
His kingdom. 

I subscribe myself yours in Evangelistic bonds, 

John C Harrison 
Editor of the Baptist 
Dr. J.D.Bancroft (Postmaster) Register. 

Crontbaf, Oneida Co. N.Y. 

Paines Hollow. 

Oct. 15, 1828. 

Dear Sir, 

I acknowledge the receipt of two letters from you 
but so urgent has been my business that I have nob had 
any time on mail days. Our family are now in good 
health. Mrs. Ellis has been -very sick , dangerously so, 
but has now recovered. She has a daughter of six weeks. 
Lewis Lemuel Swift's wife has been sick since her friends 
were here, but is now about. 

I have received a letter from Sanborn he is in 
Dartmouth college and expects a degree next fall. There 
were 90 students in his class. 

My cause with piper has been tried and I have lost it 
Judgement ^12.00 and costs $70.00 


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Dr. Snyder has moved from Osquak to New Vilie. Dr. 
Orens reside at Bennetts Corners. Caroline Pomeroy has 
sworn a child on John Mixture. He refuses marriage as^ e 
and Henry Houpt can not agree on to which it belongs but they 

have agreed to pay her expenses. -. 

Anti-Masons are increasing fast in this quarter. There 
is to be an Anti-Mason meeting at John Paine's Saturday 
and it has been that Lewis Fabrique is to make a public 
renunciation of the institution. It will be very gratify¬ 
ing to me to hear it. I entreat you as a friend to come out 
from them. 

My practice has been more and better this summer than it 
has ever been. I have had four obstetrical cases this week. 
Dr, Bowen talks of going to Steuben County. .Please write. 

I have a case of mania lactea, which has continued three 
weeks with no signs of abatement. It made its attack 
three days after delivery. 

I am respectfuly yours, 

B.G.Ellis, Post master. 

Dr. John D. Bancroft 
Crontbaf, Oneida Co, N.Y. 


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131 


Hanover, Oct. 18, 1828 


Dr. John D. Bancroft, F. M., 

Orontbaf, Oneida Co., N. Y. 

Dear Sir, 

I sit down in great perturbation of mind to answer 
your favor of the 10th inst. The cause of this dis¬ 
turbance in the equilibrium of my intellectual facult¬ 
ies I shall explain to you in a subsequent epistle. 

I can say of you as you did of me, I have not for¬ 
gotten you. The scenes which we have passed together 
have something so peculiar in them as never to be 
forgotten by me and the recollection of them will 
always associate the name of John. You say you 
know why I have not written to you. I have written. 

I received a letter from you last winter and answered it 
and have been waiting in expectation of hearing from 
you again. You have not acknowledged the receipt of 
it, perhaps you have not received an answer of yours 
of last winter. Thao is not my fault. Therefore 
relinquish, Dear Sir, all suspicion that I am. in¬ 
different. Whether I hear from you or let you know 
how it fares with me. Be assured you have done noth¬ 
ing which has diminished my friendship towards you 
for it is not in the least depend but augments them, 
there are but a few persons that it means rejoice me 
more to receive than you. I am glad to hear of your 
prosperity; I soon expect to be examined with the 
class of this term. 1 have no place in view to lo¬ 
cate myself. No wife in view. Drained of money and 
some in debt. Not enjoying very good health. 81ass 
consists of about 100 members, Frofs the same. They 
last fall. 


Received a letter from Dr. Ellis a few days since 
certifying that he and family were in tolerable 
health and that he had study of business. He writes 
that you are doing considerable business. He says 
there is no mistake about it for he has heard from 
an authentic source. 

I am. yours affectionately, 

Benjamin F. Sanborn 

You want to know how much money I received from 
you. I received 18. Write to me a°:ain soon, 
shall be here till the 10th of September; after that 
I sha 11 be at airr ieId • — ou maj exoecu a ca ta 1 ogu^ 

soon. 


3. F. Sanborn 



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Trenton, Oct. 13, 1828 


Dear Sir, 

•Pardon me for thus inundating Crontbaf Post Office with 
my often repeated scrawls. Since writing my last I have 
visited Fairfield. Had a very pleasant time. Saw some of 
our old classmates, among whom was Christy, Kniskern, Vincent, 
Bag. Then I, and C. Dieffendorf, Wright, etc. Friend Knis¬ 
kern appears to be in good circumstances at last. Much better 
than he was last winter. Is a candidate for M. D. I obtained 
this information from Mr. Christy, who, by the by, favored me 
with a perusal of his thesis, an able dissertation on the 
poison of Rhus Texidendron with a description. Your friends 
and classmates, in particular Christy and Kniskern, express 
in the strongest terms their regard and wish^ro be remembered 
to you. 

There are about 150 attending lectures at present. The 
prospect is there will be equally as full a class as last 
session. Friend Bancroft, you would be surprised to visit 
Fairfield. The place is so materially altered for the better. 

A new and elegant church has been erected on the corner nearly 
opposite P. D. La. Waterman has built a commodius three story 
house and opposite to him has been a similar one and many 
minor improvements. The old appendix lies in ruins, was 
brought to this humble conclusion only the night previous 
to my arrival in Fairfield. The circumstances were as follows 
Mr. Butler had obligated himself to have it removed by Thurs¬ 
day, but it was not done. Friday night the students, almost 
unanimously, Commenced operation and in less than an hour 
leveled it to the earth. I am engaged in my own occupation 
in Trenton Village. Bound myself for 6 months at the rate of 
14 dollars a month and myy board. My health is good with the 
exception of my eyes which are in a rather unpleasant situation 
P. Willoughby pronounces it an affection of the optic nerve 
and recommends the constant use of counter irritation. I am 
totally incapacitated for reading at present. Friend Caleb 
is now in Norway, supposed to be fast declining into a Phtisis. 
I wish you to write soon as it will save me the trouble of 
writing you again. Direct yours to Trenton Post Office. 

E. A. Potter. 

I thank you for your journal in your last. 


John D. Bancroft 


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133 


So all to whom these presents shall come 
or may in anywise concern. 

The pEesident and members of the Medical Society 
of the county of Herkimer and State of New York, send 
greeting - 

Whereas John 0. Bancroft hath exhibited unto us 
satisfactory testimony that he hath studied Physic 
and Surgery for the time and in the manner directed 
bt law, and hath also upon examination by our Censors 
given sufficient proof of his proficiency in the 
Healing Art and of his moral character. Wherefore by 
virtue of the powers vested in us by law,- 

We do grant unto said John D. Bancroft the priv¬ 
ilege of Practicing Physic and Surgery in this State, 
together with all the rights and immunities which 
usually appertain to Physicians and Surgeons. In 
Witness Whereof we have granted this Diploma, sealed 
with our seal and testified by our President and 
Secretary at Fairfield this ILth day of January in 
the year of our Lord 1626, 

Vestal Willoughby M.D. President 
M. Johnson M.D. Secretary. 

Clerk f s Office 

Oneida County I sertify that a copy 

of the within has this day 

been filed in this office - Utica. • Oct, 25. 1626. 

F.H.Ostrom Clerk 


134 


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Paines Hollow. 

Nov. 20, 1828. 

tfear Sir, 

The health of our family is §ood . My business 
has pretty well run out. I have but three or four 
cases to attend to; Mr. Williams with a broken patella, 
William Stiles child, John Caloman with a sore skin, 
and Thomas Swift with his toe and part of his foot cut 
off. I mentioned to Dr, Fake about your cloth fading 
and he said he had heard of it and he said he was much de¬ 
ceived in the color but that he sold it to you with no 
more profet than interest on the money from the time he 
bought and sold it to you. Isaiah Wilcox is with Esq. 
Holmes this winter. Dr, Snyder has bought the Grop house 
and still for $225,00 . He is going to tear down the old 

still and build a barn. I suspect that Dr. Holmes and he 

are in partnership although they do not publish it. Dr. 
Snyder is a Mason. I am apposed to the whole boodle. 
Guinwits will go to Booneville. He said tha if he should 
go from here he should go on the canal, but he will not 
go from here. People begin to like him as a merchant. 

He trades more than Fake this fall. He says he has some 
cloth to sell to you that will not fade and wants to know 

when you are coming. I expected when you went away to 

have seen you before this. If you are not comming down 
till you come to marry Hannah Cronk I wish you would let 
me know it soon. Bill Rich is married to one of Elder 
Wilcoxes daughters. Elder Nathan has bought a farm him 
a farm. Lemm Swift killed one of his cows the other day 
to save its hide. 

With respect I remaine your friend 
Dr. John D. Bancroft 
Crontbaf, N.Y. 


B.G.Ellis 


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135 


Fairfield, N.Y. 

Dear Sir, Dec. 18, 1828. 

I have just received your letter and was pleased 

with it. - Prof. McNaughton closed his lectures, 

after giving us a very good course, the lectures and 
demonstrations were fine. Prof.Bick commenced last 
Monday. Gave us a very good introductory. The sub¬ 
ject was small pox. He traced the history of the dis¬ 
ease from the time of Job and finally concluded that 
the Devil was the first doctor who inoculated and Job 
first patient, which excited much laughter. Even 
old Prof. who always looks as sober as a Sunday priest 
had to laugh. Old Prof.Delamater commenced the same 
day, irritation his first subject. Gave us a few ted¬ 
ious lectures on this and is now blazing &Vay on in¬ 
flammation. His lectures are good. Prof.Eick's juris 
prudence is diverting, he tells some fine stories, to wit, 
about the Pope and the monkey. 

Your Minden girl. Miss Hannah, I have not seen 
or heard anything about her lately excepting she had 
her fortune told andwas told she was to be married 
and have ten children. I think it would be well get a 
doctor. (He mentions mutual friends, C, Deffendorf, 

and his brother James, Eliza Champion and John Halls. 

Yours Truly 

Abner Baum. 

Dr. John D. Bancroft Post Master. 

Crontbaf, Booneville, N.Y. 

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Free 

Dr. B.G.Ellis, P. 

Paines Hollow. 

Dec, 19,1828. 

Dear Sir, 

Your letter has just come to hand. It gives me 
pleasure to learn that you say that the institution 
of Masonry is corrupt and dangerous. I am an anti- 
Mason from a pure principle and from the knowledge I 
have obtained from the institution derived from . 
those very persons who have been zealous promoters o^ 
the cause of Masonry. I am astonished when I meet 


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those Masons who still pretend that it is a relig¬ 
ious institution of devine origin. - A shor.t 

time ago a Mason told me that "It was the only 
Christain church that God Allmighty established 
on earth. Anti-Masons are gaining in number and 
it is my earnest desire that they increase till 
they are able to crush the monster. I earnestly 
entreat you to set your face against this wicked 
abomination. Make exertions to gain information. 
Read anti-Masonic news papers and if you have not 
read Elder Stearns on Speculative Free Masonry by 
all means get it. - . 

Our family are well as are our neighbors. 

Otis Smith has the contract for carrying the mail 
for four years. He underbid Mr. Swift. I have 
as much buisness as usual this season of the year. 
Day before yesterday attended three obstetric 
cases; Christian Betsigneurs, Isaac H. Williams, 
and John Brunners. The last was Dr. Murphy’s 
patient. I was sent for while attending Mrs. 
Williams,.so could not go. and s ent him for 
Doctor Holmes. But I was soon relieved and 
pushed over there as fast as I could. Dr. Murphy 
had been in attendance for two days. I found 
such a disproportion between the pelvis and the 
head that it was impossible to deliver it. I 
attempted it with my forcepts without success. I 
then perforated he skull and extricated it with 
the hook. Yours, 

Doct. John D. Banc Mt Ellis ' 

Crontbas, Oneida Co, N.Y. 


Trenton, New York. 

Jan. 6, 1829. 

137 

Dear Sir, 

The number of students during this term will not 
exceed 155. There is a larger number of candidates for 

the M.D. degree than usual. -• Drunken Green (class mate) 

in the town of Psqelia, Jefferson County, is teaching school 
agaitu 

Your situation is not an invisible one, I speak from 
experience, you have had bad luck, lost a child. The best 
cannot always ward off a visit from the unwelcome visitor, 
death. 


Our health is good except for a chronie affection 
of the eyes. Yours, 

E.A.Potter (Medical Student, P.H.B.) 

JDr. J.D.Bancroft, Esq. 


Febr. 4, J.829. 

Dear Children, 

Y*e feel pleased to read your account of Leonard. 
We think often about him and the boys have missed 
him very much. We will be pleased to see him when 
providence will permit. Yesterday Dr. Prestpn was 
called to Mr. Williams, who called him in. He ap - 
proved of all we haci done and he thought Berthie^ 
had the genuine scarlet. He thought he was doing 
■y 0 j~y well. Ira had his turn and is better. W*e 
are expecting Perry and Elizabeth to be attacked. 
We commend our lives and 'yours to the merciful keep¬ 
ing of merciful Jesus. 

Dr, David Bancroft III 


To J,D.Bancroft. 


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138 


Paines Hollow, 

Febr. 6, 1B29. 

Dr, Johh D, Bancroft 
Post Master. 

Crontbas, Oneida Co.,,N.Y. 

Yours of the thirty first just received. Our family are 
well, good health generally prevails. Dr. Bowen is going to 
leave the Corner. Has written me to try to induce me to pur¬ 
chase his office. He says he has charged $760.00 a year with¬ 
out any paims. He talks of going into the druggist business 
in Ohio.~ If he does not go to Ohio-!—he will go the Russiaa 
in this (^ounty. --- I named you saying I knew nothing 

of your plans. If he cannot sell his office he wishes 
to rent and will resign the post office in favor of one who 
moves in. I have no inclination to go there. If you have 
you had better take care of it at once. 

Lewis Fabrigue has denounced Free Masonry and has been ex¬ 
pelled from the lodge. Charles Pomeroy, Lynn and Lucious 
French witnessed against him. I attended an anti-masonic meeti 
ing in Herkimer. The meeting was thronged with anti-masons 
who exhibited symptoms of great malignity. The meeting was 
very ably addressed by Judge Nolton and a County meeting was 
called to be at the ^ourt House on the ilth inst., to choose 
three delegates to represent the County at the state convention 

Daniel is here and teaching school on the river near the 
poor house at $13 a month, and board. 

I want to say much to you on the subject of Masonry but time 
will not allow 

The Newville Masons boldly assert that the bible cannot be 
understood until a man becomes a Mason. Of course it is 
out of the reach of a woman. Ezra Holmes doubts have all vanis 
isned, he is now anti-mason. 

Write as often as you can and let me know what you are do¬ 
ing, etc. 


B.G.Ellis. 


Dr. J.D.Bancroft• 


239 


Pains Hollow. 
Febr. 6,1829. 


Dear Sir, 

Tours of the 31st inst just received. Our family are 
well, health generally prevails. Or. Bowen is going to leave 
the corner. Mas written me to induce me to purchase his office 
and move there. He says he has charged $760.00 a yearwithout 
any pains to get practice. He talks of going into the drug¬ 
gist business in Ohio. If he does not go to Ohio he will go 
to Russia, in this County, to practice medicine. In that case 
he will probably take the contents with him. At all events 
he leaves the corner. If he goes to Russia he goes soon. I 
named you to him saying that I knew nothing of your plans. If 
he cannot sell his office he wishes to rent and will resign 
the post office in favor of the one who moves in. I have no 
inclination of going there. If you have, you had better at¬ 
tend to it immediately 

Lewis Fabrique has renounced Free Masonry and has been 
expelled from the lodge. Charles Pomeroy, Lynn and Lucius 
French witness ed against him, On Tuesday evening last I 
attended and anti-Masonic meeting in Herkimer and presided 
as chairman. The meeting was thronged with Anti-Masonic 
Masons some of whom exhibited signs of great malignantcy. 

The meeting was addressed by Judge Nolton. A county meeting 
was called at the Court House, on the 11th inst., to choose 
three delegates to represent the Countyat the state convention. 

Daniel is here and teaching school on the river near the 
Poor House at $13 a month and board. I want to say much to 
you on the subject of Masonry. But time will not allow. 

Write and let me know what you are doing. 

The Newville Masons boldly assert that the bible can¬ 
not he understood until a man becomes a Mason. Of course 
it is out of the reach of women. Ezra Holmes doubts have 
all vanished. He is anti=mason. 


Dr. John D. Bancroft 
Post Master, Crontbaf. 


B.G.Ellis 


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141 


The Brunonia Theory. 

There were many interesting theories of disease 
in the 18th Century. One of these was advanced by 
the emminent physician John Brown of Great Britain 
Richard Armour commented on this theory as follows- 
His theory held that disease was the 
result of too much or too little ex¬ 
citement in the body. If there was 
too much excitement he prescribed. 
opium (as a seditive)and if there 
was too little alcohol was ordered 
as a stimulant. Many physicians fol¬ 
lowed this theory since it had the 
advantage of simplicity. However, 
it has been said, this theory killed 
more people than the French Revolution 
and the Napoleonic wars together. 

This theory bacame very popular with laymen and doctors 
alike. For the doctors it provided a simple and 
orderly system of therapy for all diseases. The 
manufacturers of patent medicines were quick to 
recognize that the exploitation of these drugs in 
their remedies added to the popularity of their 
mixtures. To laymen who dreaded the regular doctors 
because their bleeding and purging made them feel 
worse and at times seemed to hasten a fatal issue. 
Pioneer families regularly employed home remedies, 
patent remedies, and irregular healers, calling 
a regular physician only when the patient appeared 
to be in extremis, denying the doctor an oportunity 
to intervene early in a disease. 

We would be arrogant if we heaped scorn upon 
the work of Dr. John Brown. He and other bold in¬ 
dividuals dared to abandon the ancient, traditional 
"heroic therapy" seeking more humane and effective 
forms of treatment. 


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141 b 

Paines Hollow, 

Febr. 19, 1829 


Doct. John D. Bancroft 
Po£t Master 
Crontbaf, Oneida Co. 

Dear Sir, 

I write now partly to inform you ^annah Smith was mar¬ 
ried _ast Sunday to •t'eter »an \/alkenberg of Herkimer and Tart¬ 
ly to inform you of some other things. A new town has beer- 
formed, a part of Herkimer, a part of Fairfield and so much 
of Overman Flatts as to include Paines Hollow by the name of 
Little Falls. Doctor Bowen appears anxious to have you come 
and settle at the corners. He says he has charged £760.00 
without taking any pains. But some of his neighbors tell 
a different story. And 1 was the other evening informed 
that it was thought at the corners that he intended to get 
the post office removed to the mouth of Steel's Creek and go 
there with it. Our county Anti-Mason meeting was numerously 
attended at the Court House. And Hiram Nolton, Abraham Hand- 
all, Jr., and George Hull were appointed delegates to the 
State Convention that meets in Albany today. The proceed¬ 
ings of the meeting you can read in the Educator published 
in Utica, a valuable anti-Masonic paper which you had better 
take if you are not taking a better one. Two seceeding Ma¬ 
sons made a public denunciation of Masonrv at our meeting 
and exposed some of the wickedness of the craft. They were 
Lewis Fabrigue, Jr., and Warren Richardson of Schyll^r, a 
respectable man in appearance. Lewis has been expelled from 
the Lodge as being a liar which was proven by Lucius French, 
Charles Pomeroy, and an Irishman living in Brown Hollow. 

Ralph Sims likewise testified that Lewis tried to discourage 
him from taking the second and third degrees. Lucious test¬ 
imony was that the circuit priest had told him that Lewis 
had told him that Morgan's book was true but the priest deities 
ever:saying so and Phillip has been to Newville and complained 
of Lucius but I believe they mean to take no notice of it. 

Our family all send love. Charles and Cornelia are both 
sick. It is dull times. Aunt Nancy says she is determined 
to see your letters to see if you're an anti-Mason. I re¬ 
fused showing them. I wish you would write one that I may 
and give her enough of it. 


Dr. Ellis. 


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Danube, May 1, 1829 

Mr. John D. Bancroft. P.M. 

Cronthas, Oneida Co. N.Y. 

Mr. John D. Bancroft, Sir, With pleasure I now take 
the opportunity of acknowledging the receipt of 
your letter of January 51 -- As to Masonary your 

endeavor was satisfactory- 4s to religion I 

femain as careless as ever- As to a l^ve scrape 

you mentioned about I wish you to give an exposition* 

I think it wo 1 Id no t be very lucrative business to 

set up trading in your country for - beef is too 

low. Promises are not worth transportation. Now 
for myself I have been afflicted with that nasty 
complaint called the ague & fever. I had five fits 
and this brake them. I am now on the gaining- hand 
though you will discover my hand trembles consider 
ably yet. 

Now for the neighborhood concerns. Miss M^ria 
Spo©r was married to Mr. Peter Dingman. About three 
weeks since Miss An Fabrigue was married last 
Tuesday to Mr. Piper of Herkimer. Miss H- nnah 
Smith w^s married last w'nter to Mr. Van Valkenberg 

of Herkimer. Bang-three of the Shaw 

girls have died within a short time. John and 
Henrv Shaw were married last week and not any of 

the families spoilt-Mr. Peter Flagg has purchased 

the tavern stand south of the creek. Mr. ^binson 
and Sam Kenyon has bought the Hitchcock place Tavern, 
and all. Newville is in an uproar and has been 
since last fall/all the neighbors by the eari.ls 
Caroline has got a fine boy but they do not know what 
to call it some sy John, some say Henry others 
say Raymond and some say Isaac - a hard case indeed 
but population alone c n save our county -- I shall 
take a little bitters s' A then resume my pen. 

If you knew how much we wanted to see you, you 
would come and make us a visit -- Little Sally says 
she wants Dr, Bancroft to come and fetch her some 
licorish and she says you dont come and marry her 

she will-» have some body else. The whole 

generation sends their compliments to you. Hezikiah 
is out west ’ but I expect him down every day. 

Miss Amanda Daren is teaching our school here this 
summer. They say John Smith is courting her. I 
think the ship Masonay got in so much ballast that 
it caused the sinking of the vessel never to rise 
again -- good. As to Dominy he has gone so far 

as not to meet with them only on two occasions - 

Holms and wife are Antis. I was glad to hear you 
remain a firm Republican - stick to it it is a good 
cause 

I wish you to send me the name of that wife of 
your'up there, I once heard but I have forgotten 
her name 

I think our Zare never takes wife for* ,- two 

reasons, 1st. those I want I cant get. 2ns. those 
I can get old Nigkwants not to have • (he is Nicholas) 
This from your friend and wel wisher 

Isaiah N. Wilcox. 



I 


Enfield 
Karch 6, 1829. 


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Dear Sir 


It is nov aliiK>st five weeks since I received your 

epistle. - I have been very much engaged in business, 

have been employed in a school and practicing for doc¬ 
tor Clough. In the line of my profession, nothing trans¬ 
pired at Hanover. Only 24 of my class were examined for 
MD. degrees. Seven of whom received their degrees at the 
time and the remainder were were recommended to the boar 
of trustees as successful candidates for the degree at the 
next commencement. I was included among in this group by 
reason of disappointment, for I was unable to raise the 
$25 graduation fee. I went into a school in this town on 
the 22 of December at the rate of $14 a month. I am now 
at my fathers preparing a second inaugural thesis. Sub¬ 
ject "uterine hemorrhage",the subject of my disertation 

which I shall deposit with the faculty. - As soon as 

travelling becomes good I expect to go in search of a place 
to commence business in. 

I have no wife neibher do I expect to have one soon. 


I have a five year old saddle, bridle and bag but no med¬ 
icine and for all these I owe. You have my best wishes 

for your future fame, prosperity and happiness. - 

Write to me soon. I feel very sorry that my lot is no t 

cast in fairer.; land in the east. 

I am affectionately yours 

Benjamin F, Sanborn 

Dr, John D. Bancroft 
Crontbaf, Oneida Co., N.Y. 


March 16,IB29 


_ ICC 

Css? Reoort - 

vi5av Belknap of Booneville. 

Had beer, afflicted with ar. intermittent fever the summer past. 
And martially cured. A relaos that folloved her the whole win 
*e: and ferar.oef the whole svstei. Ail tr.e secretions were de 
ranced 

A violent mtenrittent, fever which had deranged all the svsterr 
Great ram. m the head or. both sides. A cough that caused 
meat ram. Pain in the stall of the back and noth hips. Skin 
dr*-' and dusky with a yellow tinge to it and the eye. Foul 
tongue is velloish. Pulse hard, stall and cruicK. Sorre drop¬ 
sical symptoms. Starting frot sleep in a fright. Sudden jerk 
mg of the litrs. Gratis. Anasarca, swelling. Pitting of 
the extrereties. Urine stall in quantity and high colored, 
rowels rather slow. Catatetia, no show for tore than six mon- 



Stall h 1 eecing which great relief frot tr.e pain, Ecetic and 
ramartir, entirety solution. Blistering which removed the 


intermittent fever. But improper care brought on the acne 
again. Used evacuar.ts with tincture of digitalis till ague 
removed. Then used calorel to rerove congestion of the liv¬ 
er till produced salivation which I folloved with sulfur, irild 
tonics till her appetite hecate tolerably good and she went 
to r.er neighbors. By too rich exertion brought on a relaps, 
u t.-""* -* *= i q oc 

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_ iver 


excert 


again. Pain in the head on each side and over the 
Anasareus swelling. Yesterday had an ague fit - in- 
1 tr.e symptoms such as they were when I first saw her 
tr.e tonyue, not so furred. Blood had a huffy appear- 





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Globes 


S _ April 19, 1629. 

comfortable till ttree o'clock, began to feel the simp- 
ague. Gave ar. eretic to stop the fit. Did not suc- 
7 ter. tincture of opii, all to no purpose. Pulse de- 
till eigr.t o'clock when attacked by hyster cramps, 
r.yster i cus which nothing could stop till sweating was 




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158 


May 6, 1329 

The Baptist Church of Vest Leydon, formed themselves ir.tc 
a Tract Society, Auxiliary to the Baptist Central Tract See. 
of Utica; and chose the follovinf cfficees and adopted the 
following constitution - . 


145 


President 
Sec. Tres 

Directors 


Elder Elias Burdick 
, John D. Bancroft. 
Vint hr op F el spa 
Charles B. Might. 
Richardson L HcQimh. 


Contitution of the Leydon and Boonville Tract Society, 
formed in the year 1529 

Art . 1 The Societv chall he call®”' “'•* c yas* ~ a y d c q *■> B^c ,_ = 

ville tract Society, Auxilliary to the Baotist Central 
T "act Society, Utica. 

Art. 2 Any person by paying 50d annually, in advance ray beetle 


a memce 




Each membe. shall be entitled* tc receive cr.e 


half the amount of his subscription in tracts at 12 pa 
' 0 r a c ent. n e r era m r’"' r **3 S"~a* ^ 0 gi y®” q *•—c **a ^ 


Central Tract Society 


aid its operations. 


Art. 3 The Societv shall meet anuallv on the second 
of January and choose officers for the coring '-ear. 
Art. 4,5,6 describe the duties of the officers. 


•ec n esc a v 


Subscribers 


Elias Burdick 

.25 

Winthrop Felshav* 

2 c 

Charls 5. Knight 

2 ^ 

J.D.Bancroft 

2 C 

S. Kingsbury 

2 r 

Richard T. Hough 

•is t 

John M. Payne 

. 12 ? 

Thomas Place 

. 12 * 

Cornelius Hendrickson 

.06 

Alfred Harger 

.12* 

Ezra Adams 

.06 

Salmon Bates 

.25 

John C. Nymrns 

.12* 

Sally Felshav 

.12* 

Gemima Fox 

.12* 

Laura Rovley 

.06 

Angeline Gillett 

.06 

Sally Billings 

.06 

Pervis Hunt 

.06 

Polly Singker 

.12* 

Katharine Felshav 

.06 

Persis M. Hunt 

.06 

Patience Hendrickso 

n 

'.06 

Aseneth titus 

.12* 

Ka riap V, T ood 

.06 

Beil 

.06 

John Smith 

.12* 

Martha Belknap 

.06 

Mvriam Ketcham 

.06 

Clarissa Wright 

.12J 


t/i i»i 


146 


- 161 


The Baptist church in West Leydon to the 
Baptist church in Huntsville, N.Y. 

Bretheren - Where as Brother John Bancroft 
has presented to us a letter of commendation from 
you, and desired to unite with us; we therefore 
request you to to send us a transfer of his member 
ship 

By order of the church, 


C.V.Knight. clerk. 

West Leydon Jan. 1, 1330 


The Baptist Church of Huntsville to the Baptist 
Church at West Leydon. 

Dear Bretheren, 

Having received your resquest far 
for the transfer of Brother John D. Bancroft f s mem¬ 
bership from us to you, it is hereby accordingly 
transfered 

By order of the church 


Wm. H. Birdsall, clerk 
Huntsville Jan. 6, 1330 


147 


Crontbaf, Boonville. 
July 23, 1829. 


Dear Laura, 

0! How happy your letter,-, has made me. Although 

mixed with sorrow at the account of your ill health. Never 
before have I felt such joy at the reception of a letter 
or feel a like sympathy at hearing of the ill health of 
anyone. I have waited with much anxiety and openned every 
mail with throbbing heart. *My anxious imagination began 
to conjure up a thousand reasons for not receiving a line 
from you. At length it came from the north. When I did 
not expect to receive it, a "winged messenger of love, I 
began to suppose you were sick and assume 'in ,my mind 
not to see you this side of the grave. (recall that n±s 
first love, Maria, died just as he had become confident 
that she would marry him. P.M.B.). I do feel to give un¬ 
feigned thanks to the giver of all good for His tender 
mercies over us. That you in your bodily affliction had 
the cheering smiles of His devine Spirit, that your health 
is in part restored, that He has been graciously pleased 
to grant me good health. The tender affections of your kind 
heart and all the many unmerrited blessings that He is con¬ 
tinually bestowing on me. I have but lately returned from 
a visit to my friends in Herkimer County, between fifty and 
sixty miles away, where I studied. Have had a good bus¬ 
iness since I returned and have been successful. My dear, 
I wish -you would gratify me in your next by omitting such 
expressions as these, "unconnected manner", "Little sat¬ 
isfaction", etc.) As 'to the manners and matters of yours 
I am well pleased. Feel "great satisfaction" in the par- 
usal the little blind fellow has blinded you in part to 
the imper-fections in mine. 

As to a superiority in spiritual knowledge I feel my 
lack forcibly. I want you. Laura near me on that account 
to help me in the spiritual life. You pray "and may the 
glory of God" and each other f s good ever be the motive 
tfhich shall prompt us to action. 0! Laura, how hard it 
is to know one f s own heart and have the "Glory of God" 
upper most in all we do. So much of self. I have lately 
been reading Mason f s Se^f Knowledge and fear I shall never 
attain a very competant degree of it so as to make myself 
and those around me happy. But, my dear, if we have such 
a degree of it as to feel our own unworthiness and depend¬ 
ence, if it is but in part joined with a sincere affection 
for each other, we may be a mutual help to each other. And 
with the blessing of our kind Heavely Parent be as happy 
as we can have reason to expect. 

28th, business called me from finishing my letter to 
and I have had no suitable opportunity to resume it till 
now. The family are all abed and I have now but reutrn- 
ed from my buisness. But as the mail goes out tomorrow I 
embrace this opportunity to close it.by assuring you ©f 
my health which perhaps has never been better. And of my 
affection for you which I need not tell you is as ardent 
as ever. 


HS 


Dear Laura, 

I judge you will want to hear from me about my own feel¬ 
ings. My heart feels sad - a heavy sigh is sent fort*}. - 

Man was made a social being. There was something miss¬ 
ing in Adams enjoyment of the Garden (Eden). So God Saw fit 
to make for him a companion, the last best gift to man. She 
to fill the measure of his bliss, to beguile his time, to 
whom he could talk, face to face. How much more when this 
fallen creature of nature, estranged from his God, the face 
of. the earth disfigured by thorns and thistles - the few 
few roses scattered in lifes path surrounded by thorns - or 
the cup containing the bee which will sting the lip that 
presses it - I say, how much more does man, i,n this forlorn 
state need the smiling bosom friend to cheer him. They joy 
of his heart to partake of his pleasures, the light of his 

eyes to brighten the dark shades of his path, -• As man 

is of three parts; soul, body and spirit - so although in 
the spirit I long to be with Christ - still while in the 
body - the soul will have its desires and long for grat- 
ifications - therefore, if kept within bounds it is not 
wrong for me to desire to press thee to my bosom - to en¬ 
joy sweet communion of souls still in the fear of God. 

0! Laura, How happy I should be were you with me to¬ 
night - my wedded wife, for I am alone. Although I have 
read my bible - knelt down and tried to pray - still there 
is a void which dear Laura alone could fill, excuse me, 
madam, if my feelings prompt me too far, -. 

(This and the previous letter were found in the copy book 
of Or. J.D.Bancroft. Both are incomplete. P.M.B.) 



149 


Case retort August 28,1829 

I was called to see a patient, Jeromia Hovley, Had 

attended a raising and became very cold in the evening 


comming home without a coat. 

August 27th 

Attaches with violent pain in the bowels.. Took some epsom 
salts which operated freely but did not remove the pain, 
''hen I saw him, hard pain in the bowels, difficul breath¬ 
ing , much prostration of strength, no cold chills since 
the cathartic. Pulse not much e cited, nor much increase 
of heat or thirst. Tongue foul. Gave Jalap and ordered a 
sweat in the evenino. 

August 29th. 

Saw the patient in the evening. Pain removed to the chest. 

Fever increased. Skin hot. Pulse quick and strong. In 

other respects the same as before, except some pain in eyes 

Took a medium quantity of blood and gave Dover Pills 

Aucrust 30th 


Morning, pain in the breast abated. Gave antimony solution 
a d cathartic. Jalap C.T . Afternoon solution had produced 
emesis, but cathartic no operation. Continued the solution 
every hour and ordered more jalap. 

continued on page 152 


Lebanon, N.Y. 

Sept. 1,1829 

Dear Doc. 

The first of June I started to go into Vermont in 
search of a place to Locate. I travelled about 300 miles 
and found none I thought suitable. I returned to Endfield 
the end of June and stayed there a week and then commenced 
to journey through the eastern and middle parts of this 
state and the eastern part of Massachusetts but found no 

resting place and consequently returned to Enfield. -, 

I finally went to Lebanon where I am now lying on my oars 
anxiously waiting for an opportunity to appear. You 
will therefore, if you hear of a chance for me, be so 

good as to let me know. -. I shall try teaching school 

if no opportunity appears. Aug. 19th received the M.D. 
degree. In haste, your obedient servent 

B. Sanborn 

****************** 


Dr. Bancroft 


150 


We, the subscribers, being personally acquaited with Truman Cul¬ 
ver, inconsequence of his misfortune and peculiar circumstances, 
being crippled, and the dependence of his aged mother and having 
the misfortune of losing his house and its contents by fire, we 
do agree to pay to him the sums opposit our names and heartily 
recommend him to the kind, sympathetic feelings of others. 

Dr. J.D.Bancroft, Sec. & Treas. 

(The list is lost, P.B.) Sept. 1S29 


170 


151 


13 Sept 1829. 

CASE REPORT 

Called about ten in evening. 

Pregant, had had pains all day, 5th pregnancy, last were 
twins. Stated that with previous labours she-had had dan 
gerous syncopies ---and floodings and therefore con 
sidered best to follow a doctors direction. This she 
has done and has had no hemorrages, but has ——— had other 
difficultv. 

I supposed it to be a case of fetal mal-position. 
child was delivered about 5 pm. in a state of suffocation. 

I cut the cord immediately and and excited respiration by 
filling its lungs by blowing into its mouth. Quite a turn 
mour on its forehead. 

Nine o'clock in the evening , same day, found the 

mother complaing of a desire but inability to make water 

with a tumefaction in the region of the bladder. Ordered 

spirits of nitre, a teaspoon full every two hours with 

plenty of linseed tea. 

Child well and: sucked. 

★ ★•*■*★★*★*•* 

Paines Hollow. 

Dear Sir, Nov. 12, 1829. 

It has been a time of health here and has been since 
September. Our baby has had another sick turn and we fear ed 
we would lose her. Now she is well except for a trouble¬ 
some cough. The election is over and am confident of gains 
in Anti-masons. Charles Pomeroy fought with Caleb Miller. 

He was tried and fined $5.00 and costs. Isaac Williams 
and several others fought at the election in defense of 
masonry. Your friend. E.G. Ellis. 

Dear Sir, 

Guinwits has been building an addition to his house 

Kenyon has purchase Robinsons distillery. Edwin and John 

Smith have built a new house. Dr. Bowen has gone to New Port. 

Dr. Eachus has come in at the Corners. I have offered 

place here for sale for $800.60 to Dr. V.etsel of Albany. 

Most everybody tells me I will miss it.. 

Wishing you health and prosperity, I am respectfully 
yours. B .G.Ellis 




152 


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September 6, 1829 

Complained of great distress at the stomach and diffi¬ 
culty of breathing. Had been affected by a good deal of 
nausea and vomiting. Every thing taken into the stomach 
caused- j- a good deal of distress and was rejected gen¬ 

erally. Not much pain in the head but complained of cold 
goose pimples & Cold extremeties with numbness. Took a 
small quantity of blo od & ordered pedi fusion 

September 7 

As before vomiting, venesection small quantity of 
blood and administered a cathartic, valari and Dovers Pills. 

September 15 

Not much better. Complains of pain when making water. 
Ordered Sp. of Nitre, teaspoon full every hour in flax seed 

4*ppj 

• ***************** 

September 1829 

Purulent opthalmia in a 2 year old child. 

15th of September A little red spot was discovered in 
his eye. It had passed over the greater part of the upper 
part of the cornea. The eye was closed and purulent matter 
with a good deal of water passing and purulent matter. Eye 
much swollen and inflarmed & Pulse quick and head hot. Did 
not complain much. Gave 6 grs. of Calomel in oil. Which 
it threw up with a worm. The stomach being full of milk 
left another dose. Ordered an alum curd on the eye and a 
blister behind the ear. His head wet with whiskey. soon 
grew better so I did no more for him. Soon recovered. 





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153 


Haroursville, N.Y. 

John Birdsall and wife, July 11, 1841 

Dear Brother and Sister, 

We would return our hearty thanks for the punctuality 
and the interest with which you continue our correspondence. 
Will try in our poor way to return the favor and if we fail 
in interest not in faithfulness. The scarlatina has visited 
you but a kind providence has joined his mercy with his 
faithfulness and spared your little circle and , as we hope, 
for further usefulness. Gods peculiar providence, n He careth 
for us n . Why are we notas thankful for a merciful providence 
which afflicts for our good.. As for a signal protection from 
an impending evil for the body as we have no additionsrto our 
spiritual zion. 

We have received five numbers of the Baptist Libr and do 
in pleasure credit them to our friend Job. We are highly 
pleased to hear that your health is as good and that you are 
so happy and contented. Your friends frequently enquire if 
you write of comming out to visit. We wish to caution you 
about any remarks in your letters respecting Albert T s malady. 
(It has been said that he was insane, P.K.B .) His friends 
think it not expedient that his mind should be agitated by 
the knowledge that distant friends know anything about it. 

His derangement was caused by a vitiated state of the secre*- 
tions causing a determination to the head. Perhaps the whole 
can be traced back to bad company and improtper habits. 

(This r£*rs to Albert Martin husband of Betsey Martin, his 

cousin and wife.) He is now at home and very steady,-, 

works faithfully. —- Oscar has been up to uncle Williams 
twice this spring but we haveehave not been up. Father, 
mother and William H. 3irdsall have been here this spring. 
Wealthy Birdsal, daughter of unlce M. staid here last night 
and said that father had footed it down from Nathan’s to 
Hunt’s last week. - My business is better than I expect¬ 

ed. --- July 25, 1841, after advancing thus far in my 
letter I was broken off by an obstetrical call and have been 
vEry busy even since, so I am behind also to a letter to my 
brother in Sangerfieldiand one in Harpursville and my niece 
in Hudson City. We have heard nothing more fro Otego. 
Nathan’s health is considered delicate. Our Birdsall is a 
fine plump little fellow. Our hay crop is light but,other 
crops are good.. 

Must close wishing you and yours every blessing, 


John 0. Bancroft. 


1 % 


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Hamilton University- 
Sept. 19, 1&41. 


Samuel Martin Jr., 

Colesville, N.Y. 

Dear Father, 

This day arrived at Hamilton about 9 am. Feel to bless 
God for his goodness in once more bringing me safely back to 
this place, it looks like home to. me. Things remain about as 
when I left them except there has been some deaths in the 
University. There are many kind bretheren who welcome me back 
with great apparent joy. My mind still turns back to and the 
scenes through which we passed when I was last there. As I 
contemplate the awful night of the 20th (26th?) of August 1#41 
the big tears start and may my callous heart never become so 
hardened as not to weep when my faithful memory recalls that 
piteus sight. Tis natures voice that bids us weep. Our Sav¬ 
ior wept at the grave of Lazarus and David mourned for Jonathon 
and Absolom in a manner that would doubtless be called extra¬ 
vagant in the present day. 

20 Sept. Began reviewing Greek. Attended an abolition 
meeting to support the cause of liberty. May the Lord help me. 
Took cold comming up on the canal and have not been very well 
since. All alone I sit by the faint glimmer of a poor candle 
and try to collect my wandering thoughts. To look over the 
events of the day. What I have been about and what motives 
agitate me. What a dark catalogue of evil thoughts, idle words 
and sinful actions will the Judgement reveal against me unless 
they are washed away by the blood of Christ. What a daily need 
of the grace of God which leadeth unto repentance. 

I room alone. Bro. Kneeland is gone and Bro. Bliss is 
gone. All my most intimate friends are gone. Soon they will 
be back. 

Today made arrangements for a brother to hear me recite, 

3 weeks for two dollars. I find no time to write except when 
I should be sleeping. The bed bugs are only outnumbered by the 
grass hoppers and would remind you of the plagues of Egypt. 

23 Sept. Went fishing and caught nothing 

24 Sept. Pate feels rather thick. Hard work to learn my 
lessons. Bodily health is much improved. I like boarding my¬ 
self thus far, Describes trip by foot wagon and canal boat 

from home to Hamilton, via Binghamton, Port Crane, South Oxford, 
Oxford, Norwich, Earlville and Hamilton. Took six days. 

(He urges his sisters to avoid sin, and his parents to take 
care of their health.) 


Samuel Sanford Martin 
Divinity student. 


155 

Febr 4, 1830 (?) 

Dear Parents, We received yours of the 4th ult. 

Were thankful (we hope) that you were all alive and 
although sick were getting better. Were much dis¬ 
appointed by your not coring down to see us. 

More especially as were so sure that we should 
not this tire be disappointed. We have enjoyed very good 
health since our last until within a few days. There has 
been much sickness here of late. I have had more than 
I could do and being fatigued and much deprived of sleep 
and taking a cold have been quite unwell for a few days 
past but am now better. I have come very near spoiling your 
mare and she has come very near spoiling me. Had I known 
what a disadvantage it would have been to me, $20 would 
not have induced me to take her. Have been obliged to hire 
a horse, i.e. have had to hire all I could consistantlv. She 
gets along so slow that I could not do as much business as 
I other ways should nor with as much ease -- been out much 
later nights till 11 or 12 or later for weeks together. 

You must come down as soon as the roads will do for it at 
present appears impossible for me to come to you or get her 
to you. Leonard is well and enjoys himself well and has 
been a great help to us, we wish to have him live with us 
Give our love to the boys. Enos L. send his best love to 
you all. In haste we remain your unworthy children 

Dr. J. D. and Laura B. Bancroft 
to David and Lydia Bancroft. 


May 11, 1830 

I hereby certify that Dr, John D. Bancroft is a member of 
thee Medical Society of the County of Oneida 


L.L.Peck, Sec* 


156 


Doctor John D. Bancroft, 

We feel pleased to read your assessment of Leonard. We 
think often about him, the boys have missed him very much 
since we have been sick, we shall be glad to see him when 
Providence will permit. Yesterday Dr. Preston was called 
to see Mr. Williams, we called him in to approve all we 

had done, that Berthier has had the genuine and - 

but he thought he was doing well. Ira I hope has had his 
turn and has slight affect and we are hourly expecting 
Perry and Elizabeth to be attacked. I will send this to the 

post office in the morning - In the mean time would 

commend ourselves, you and yours and all our fellow 
beings to the merciful keeping of the merciful Jesus 

David and Lydia Bancroft. 


Dear Sir, 


v-utsnire, July Zb , 1830 


Aoreeacle to your request I avail myself of the oper- 
tunitv to write,---. The bad health of my family has pre-- 
vented my writing before. Phebe is very sick. The,- 
rest of your friends are well. Respecting the chance for 
a Physician here, I will give you the situation ofa few 
adjoining town ships. Cheshire is located on the Ohio 
river is sickly; Morgain Township lies in the pine hills 
is tolerably healthy. Wilkes, Huntington and Racoon are 
very sickly accasioned by stagnant water. These townships 
will average about 100 families. Doctor Kusson, the 
year before he died, booked $500 in Racoon. Gallipolis 
has but one doctor, but I would not advise you to go 

there as 1 have known of three doctors to die there in 
course of four years. Respectfully, 

Dr. John D. Bancroft m. Russell 

Huntsville, Otsego c e . v v USSGl1 




173 


159 


May 5, 1832 

History of the Formation of the Second Baptist Church of 
Otego. It being formed of excluded members of the First 
Church. An extract from the records of the First Church. 

1832 May 5. Covenant meeting by John Birdsall manifested 
some dissatisfaction with the church travel (?) and stated 
to them that he thought they were different from what they 
were fifteen years ago and if he did not misconstrue the 
scriptures they were swerving off. On account of these 
remarks the church commenced a deal with him. Record, 

"Lord's day, 6th of May, Deacon Lathrop stated that there 
was business before the church that ought to be attended to. 
Res-d that a meeting be held on the 10th inst. for the 
purpose of learning of Br. John Birdsall what his religious 
principles are and what trials if any he has with the church. 

1832, May 10. Resolved that Bro. Birdsall may have an equal 
time with their opponent in debate. Bro. Birdsall stated 
his religious principles were the same as ever. Never 
thought that a church ought to hire a preacher for a 
stipulated time for a stipulated sum or that it was right 
for a preacher to hire themselves out in that way, but that 
it was the duty of Christians to minister to the necessities 
of preachers of such things as they have and that it was 
right for preachers to receive such things as were freely 
ministered to them. Bro. Birdsall thought there was neither 
precept nor example in the scriptures for bargaining with 
preachers for a certain length of time for a certain service. 
Res-d unanimously that we will support the gospel. Bro. 
Birdsall motioned that we support the gospel by free donation. 
Negatived by a majority. Bro. Birdsall stated that the 
church did wrong in soliciting aid and asking advice from 
men of the world in matters of religion. 

1832, May 26. Bennett stated Bro. Birdsall grief to be the 
1st in hiring their preacher for a stipulated time for a 
stipend sum also for soliciting money from the world to pay 
the preacher. 2nd. for the uniting with the world to build 


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the house. 3 for having trustees from the world. 4 for 
continuing them. 5 For making a demand upon a brother to 
pay a certain sum of money towards building the house on 
account of his ability to pay without a promise. Resolved 
that we recind the vote taken at last meeting given to 
Bro. Birdsall that he might have an equal time in debate, 
etc. Resolved that it is agreeable to the Scripture to 
hire a preacher a certain time for a certain sum. Resolved 
that we justify the Eld Crain in saying that we have a 
claim on a brother to pay a certain sum of money towards 
building a house with a promise according to his abilities 

(This is incomplete, but apparently the church split over 
this issue. P.M.B.) 


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161 


June 25, 1832. 

Case summary. Miss Julia Barnes, 

Four or five years ago was attacked by a pain in the 
left side with palpitation of the heart. Her periods had 
never been regular, generally scanty and always accompanied 
by pain, developed anasarca. Four or five weeks since 
she was attacked with increased pain and tenderness in left 
side, with dry hacking cough, a good deal of tenderness 
on pressure so she cannot bear tight clothes, shifting 
pains in various parts of the body, rests on affected side 
fobd^". produces a heavy'- sensation at the stomach but is 
not attended with eructations but affects the head with 
dizziness. Complaims of some uneasiness in the right 
side, bowels regular but dejections black and some clay, 
colored, tongue furred over whole surface but moist only 
sometimes dry. Took two blue pills. 

June 26, Took two Rhie pills and epsom salts. Did not 
act very powerfully, Cbmplained a good deal of pain in 
side and back and over the whole system. That evening 
bled her till produced faintness Whieh relieved the pain 
in the back to some extent. In the evening took two 

blue pills and teaspoon of tincture Sang-. 

June 27, Rested better last night but more pain in her 
side than before, still feels faint after setting. 

June 28, Cathartic in the day and Epis- at night 

with black drop 

June 29 Felt somewhat relieved. The blister had done well 
and relieved her side but still complained of pain in her 

back. Three bilious pills and oil of Stra- plaster 

to back in the evening. Felt better but weak. 

July 1, AM Mouth quite sore from the mercury. Says her 
right side is as tender as her 16ft but her excretions 
are better. Dejections are yellow and healthy 

July 2nd. Took good dose of compound tincture of Jalap 
which puked and purged her thoroughly. She felt much 
better in the afternoon. Ate supper with good relish and 

and did not disagree with stpmack. Applied Episp - 

to side this evening. 



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July 3, Quite comfortable through the day. In afternoon 
walked out straw berrying. Excitement brought on uter¬ 
ine pain relieved by large doses of camphor and black drops 
July 4, A dose of oil of caster so this evening feels quite 
well but complians of back pain. Paid me $2.00 cash. Since 
has seen Dr. Watrous. 

From Demarest Log. 

*********** 


Novemherr 1 1831. 

Doct. John D. Bancroft, having exhibited to me a diploma author¬ 
izing him to practice Physic and Surgery in this state, is hereby 
admitted a member of the Medical Society of the County of Broome. 

T. Robinson, President. 


- 1?2 - 


l6lb 


May 15. 1830. 

Case report, 

Gilbert, 5 years old - delicate features - attacked with 
swelling and inflamation on left temple which extended to 
the eye - put on something of an erysipilatus appearance- 
proved to be a regular abscess - was not opened in due 
time and on the .3rd of June he was attacked with convul¬ 
sions. Dr. Whitmarsh gave anti spasmodic - bled him - wine 
bath - sweat with beech blocks - large dose of Calomel & Jalap - 
a blister on the breast. When I saw him on the following 
morning he had not openned the abscess and the patient lay 
comatose, eyes fixed and turned much to the rigfrt - great 
heat in the head - screaming and sawing over his head with 
his right hand - left hand and leg were palsied - pulse quick 
and great - throbbing in head - skin hot and dry - after oper*- ; ~ 
ation of -- medicine was somewhat relieved but not materially 
until the abscess was openned which gave great and immediate 
relief. 

June 9th. Child had appearance of amendment until todaywhen 
there was appearance of increase of inflammation- venasection 
cathartic - blister on nape of neck, etc. Relieved him in 
part but the stupor remained. 

June 10. Drn Hansen called in consultation. He gave Calomel 
grs. ij, one in four hours - and 1 oz of Jgr Ipecac - cold 
applications to the head, a diaphoretick - blisters to the 
legs and warmth to the extremeties 

June 11. Gave rs. ij of Calomel which brought away three 
lumbricoides (intestinal worms). 

June 12. Pulse rather fuller and quicker - hits his brow - 
more fever. 

June 24. About 1 A.M. my little patient Gilbert P. Birdsall 
breathed his last. The symptoms of effusion had gradually 
increased. The abscess put on a serous discharge, cadavor- 
ous small odor from his body for some time before death. 

From the old Demarest log used as a copy book. P.M.B. 













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163 


Nov. 7. 1832 


We the subscribers wishing: to promote the cause of ‘Temp¬ 
erance bo agree to pay the sums set opposite our several 
nam^s for the purpose of obtaining: a number of the Temperance 
Recorders, to be sent to us upon the principle proposed by 
the Circulars of the Ex. Cont of the N. Y. A. Temperance 
Society, Dated Nov. 7, 1832. 


Colesville, December 13, 1832. 

Sam Martin .50 

John D. Bancroft .50 
William Keech .50 
J. M. Dickinson .50 
Nathan Buggies .85 
J. M. Dickson .50 
Adolphus Noble .25 
J. Know1ton 
Asa Judd .25 

Daniel Crofut .25 


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Colesville, Aug. 27, 1832. 


Dr. Grant, 

I see by the Register that you and Dr. McAllister dissolved 
partnership and that you continue at the old stand. Not having 
heard anything respecting a letter I wrote you June 18, contain 
ing $5.00 to satisfy the note that Dr, McAllister held against me, 
which letter was sent from the Franklin Assoc, by the agentor 
publisher of the Binghamton Register and, not knowling whenDr. 
McAllister could be found, I have requested the bearer of this 
letter, Col. Wilson, to call on you to obtain my note of a 
receipt to cut it off in acknowledgement of the above mentioned 

$ 5.00 

Dr. John D. Bancroft. 

The note covered a fee for lectures he attended in the Medical 
college but was unable to pay for at the time. P.^.B. 


Dec. 7. 1833. 

Realestate transfer. 

Indenture for Picket farm from the State of Connecticut. 

$400.00 for 79 acres in rural Colesville, located on the northern 
boundry line of the township of Colesville - 


1833 

$ 100.00 

A piece of the Hammond tract, earlier 

1834 

100.00 

owned by Solomon Martin, 

bounded on the 

1835 

100.00 

east by William Ketcham, 

north by Jaded 

1836 

100.00 

Merchant, on the west by 

John B. Murray, 

Int. 

30.00 

south by Isaac Spencer. 



135 


165 


Jan. 



Dear Children, 


We have received your letter and rejoice that the 
blessing of God has attended you on your way, and 
after your arrival at home. We also have much reason 
of gratitude for distinguished favors. I have been 
almost free from pain until three weeks ago. Our 
youngest colt got hooked and I had to be out a number 
of times and I felt pain again returning and in¬ 
creasing until I was hardly able to do anything. 

Am now much better, we are all enjoving tolerable 
health. The colt 1 am in hopes will get well. 

We have got the house comfortable. The bovs removed 
the earth up the north part and the duns; out of 
the yard to the west and one afternoon the neigh¬ 
bors came and banked up the south and east so that 
whe 10 the snow came it was so that we kept a portion 
by covering: them with straw and since then it be¬ 
came warn open the boys again put up some straw 
and it is comfortable. February 7 we have been in 
suspense until it is no longer doubtful about 
your mother and Henrv coming: to see you this wint 
There has not been sleighing and now I am watchin 
with Henry and Berthier who are lying in the trun 
bed by the stove. Henrv was unwell last Monday. 

We needed some errands run and he was inclined to 
go, but it was not pleasant weather and we thought 
he had betteij not"/, but he did and has not been 
out since but I think he is better. The night be¬ 
fore last Berthier was well, but in the morning he 
was sick. A high fever, a rash and a sore throat. 
Henry has no rash, and not a high fever but very 
sore throat and mouth. It is your mothers birth¬ 


day, but a gloomy one, her own children so sick 
She could not leave them even to attend the fun 
of a brothers child. Cyrus's wife and all his 

■s' 


f uneral 


children have teen sick of the scarlet fever 
And his second child, Lydia, buried today, 
rest of 


3* V 


the family except the babe are well, that 
is no fever. Ferry and Asa went to the funeral 
and Uncle Ebenezer and Ira and their wives were 
there and their families I expect are well but 
Mrs. Owen has been sick several weeks said to be 
an affection of the liver but ------ -becter. 

Sunday evening inst, Henry is better and we think 
3erthier is. Mrs. Sol Williams is very sick and 
some others. If we were all well our cutter shoes 


(1) hO'M 



- 186 - 


are so thin that they would not do. We feel verv 
sorry and disappointed but we hope we may feel - - 

- - - -, you to the wise disposer of all 

- - - - - And we hope may find it convenient to 
come and make us a visit and change our - - - - - 
our youn^ colt has become- ---------- -- 

but whether it will have an blemish I know not. 

We feel pleased to read your account of Leonard 

we think often about him. The boys have missed 
him very much since we have been sick we shall be 
glad to see him when Providence shall permit. 
Yesterday Dr. Preston was called|to see Mr. Williams, 
we call him in for approval of what we had done, 
that Brothier had th<= genuine scarlet fever and 
------ but he thought was doing well. Ira I 

hope has had his turn and was slightly affected 
-------- expecting Perry and Eli to be 

to send this to the post offii 
In the meantime would commend 


attacked. I’m put 


ce 


tomorrow morning, 
ourselves, you and yours, and all our fellow beings 
to the merciful keeping of the merciful JESUS. 


David and L. 3. Bancroft 

Febr. 4th. Boys well and sick ones better here 
send their love and ours fourth to you all. 

Letter to 

Doctor John D. Bancroft 


(Note: It was common practice to put the recip 

ient’s name on the left lower corner, and the 
sender's on the right lower corner.) 







:oii 


ssville, June 8 


"ICO 

JL O j 


Seth F. Beers, Esa., 
Commissioner of Conn, Seh 


r u: 


Si: 


ly the advice 


of 


V. 

. 


* - * 


n: 


rc n _ 

-—* o ^ > j * ^ 


write to you - on the 5th day of January last the 
articles of John B. Watrow, for the Armine Picket 
farm was transferred to me, or other new articles 
were given without any other alteration than the 
change of names - by his article the said Watrous 
was to pay $100,CO annually, with interest, - I 
did not expect that ?<r. Whiting would feel willing 
to protract the terms of payment. - But I had been 
led to believe that the State of Conn, was wishing 
to have its property on interest rather than in land 
And if I could not meet the payments exactly - so 
long as I kept the interest up & was making the farm 
better I should not be disturbed - I have made some 
repairs, have a barn under contract and am calcul¬ 
ating to make other imorovements, as a well, doing 
off 


th a 


nous- 


- this and 


next 

«r* 


season - But - 


find I cannot meet my payments of 1100 per annum, 
Therefore this is to request you tc make the terms 


of payment easier, - say 
ent by deed & mortgage. 


50 per annum & if'consists 
' find we are subject to 
disappointments and as 1 might fail in my last pay¬ 
ment (notwithstanding I expect that I now have 
sufficient due me to cover the whole amount) and so 
by a specification of the article be stripped of the 
whole "without any previous notice thereof" - these 
I think are the words. It does not obviate the 
difficulty to say the present aments would not "elec 
to disocssess me, where misfortune, not dishonesty, 
was the cause of failure - A change raav take place 
and ^ wish myself and heirs to be 
footing of security with the State 


Tv 1 Q ^ ~ 

*- — >/. w 

of C 


on an ecual 

•mcrt'l" : on 


rh.Bancroft 


Sane^f ield , N. Y 

January 1 1 1034 


16'3 


De^r Children, 

A merciful God has brought us to the commencement 
of a New Ye c r under comfortable circumstances, and 
we hope you enjoy the smiles of a just God in a spir¬ 
itual as well as temporal way. We have expected to 
see or hear from you but in vain. I now take my pen 

to enquire after you if you can't be here in two 

weeks wish you to write immediately. You must fetch 
Leonard. Henry and Ferry are wishing to come to see 
you and might fetch a load of oats if it would be 
any. Oh, but they are only 2/ (2/ = 2 shillings) 
here, we want to know what they will fetch there, 
they will want your assistance, they ought to start 
in 14 or at furthest 2C davs, for if it be an ob¬ 
ject we mieht send 3 or 4 loads. You will write your 

opinion about it. Gideon Sander is dead but friends 
and connection are well. Ebenezer is gone with his 
wife to Vermont. Hannah has been sick all summer is 
now getting better We have nothing special to write. 

We all went to see Leonard. We commend you to a kind 
rrotectir.g God in heaven, remaining: your affectionate 
parent, 

I. S. Bancroft (Lydia S. Robinson Bancroft) 


Members of the Second Baptist Church of Otego. 
Organized April 26, 1334. 


Male 

Female 

John Birdsall 

Charlotte Burdick 

Wm. Shepherd 

Harriett Birdsall 

Wm. H. Birdsall 

Tabitha Burdick 
Abigail Burdisk 

1334, Aug. 2. 

Thomas Place 

1333, June 3 

Thoma Burdick 

Cynthia Place 
Loretta Rowley 

1339, Dec. 1 

Susanna Pierce 

1342, June 4 

Mary Ann Pierce 

1343, Mar. 4 

David Yager 

Eliza Harris 

1845, April 5. 

J.D.Bancroft 

Laura B. Bancroft 
Rebeccah Ann Harris 


174 


San^erfield, March 31, 1333 

Dear Children, 

We have written about the first of February 
and have expected to see or hear from you every 
day for a long time. We have concluded to write 
again. We have teen sick so much that we have been 
unable to come or send your mare home. The children 
have had the canker rash (scarlet fever) and some 
of them still unwell. We have talked of sending 
Perry, but he has been too unwell and is still, 
and if he was able we could not well spare him. 

We have enquired often for a letter and found none, 
therefor concluded you was certainly coming and 
desired nothing. If you receive this and can’t 
come immediately we must team your mare with our 
colt and if we can't work them we must send immed¬ 
iately. We have scarcely wood enough at present 
at the door to last a fortnight. Since the warm 
weather commenced I had had but little pain but 
I can’t endure scarce any fatigue. I exercise 
daily and hope to be better, hul Williams wife is 
sick of a fever, some better, Elijah Hobinson has 
been very sick, getting better, many other sick, 
Hogers brother infant in Custer is dead. COD is 
visiting his people may all learn righteousness. 

I impart to you this tomorrow by Mr. Boyer to Oxford. 
_______ Mills is gone to the Seminary in 

Hamilton preparing for thei~ ministry. 


is a 
chanc 
very 
love. 
f ore 

we mi 
are w 
m er.ti 

o yi ^ V 

pray 
thing 
af f ec 


e for 


1 Leonard we think Often about him, hone he 
good boy, expect he has had a much better 

1 earning than his brothers who have but 
The boys want to see him; send their 
"e talk of coming to see you if we can be- 
haying. CCD alone knows whether we shall; we 
our dependence tut not as we ought, we wish 
ght and wish all others may. Our connections 


i “ ~ ' G. 

«*_ _ ^ w/ — w 


ell 
one 
ours an' 


is usual except - ^lija before 

We desire to commend ourselves and you 


all others whom we in duty bound to 
for to the holy keeping of him who doeth all 
s v;orth while. We subscribe ourselves your 
tlona.te but frail parents 


• r\Tr> co 

* * 'JL ^ J 

31 i Z3 


morning, April 
ouite unwell. 


1st 


*. T e will cite a c se - Merchant 
merchant of accomplished manners 
in 2 . neighbor village had turned 


L. a respectable 
& fine feelings - 
a deaf ear to the 






170 


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solicitations of friends of Temperance and dict¬ 
ates of his own conscience - till his heart was 
pierced through with many sorrows - His son. his 
elder son, his pride, his best, a youth of 17 of 
much promise, fell a victim to the terrible destroy¬ 
er - Liquor - Tears and orayer could not then avail. 
His darling was debased below the'brutes. His 
proud heart was found wallowing m the mire - his 
proud heart could not induce it, he breaks uo his 
establishment and flees to another part - and ban¬ 
ishes the poison from his premises - but then he 
himself finds the tables turned - others will not 
listen to his pathetic entreaty not to sell to his 
misguided ruined son. They answer him as he had 
answered others in similar circumstances, "If we 
do not sell him, others will". He breaks up again 
to flee to the farm hoping thereby to draw his mind 
from ruin. Thinking no sacrifice too great in order 
if possible to save him. And now would you not 
rather that liquor were banished from the world 
and the profits you have acquired from it lost 
than one of your children should thus oerish. 


David Bancroft 


171 


n 


1834 


merthier Bancroft, 
San gre rf i eld, N.Y. 


r> 

J0P p 


1 *r» r\ *— V ^ v» 
'1 ^ - 11 ^ 1 > 


we 

\r> o 


We conclude that you and vou^s are alive as 
have not been notified to the"contrary, we do hop 
also that your health has been better than when we 
saw you last, and that you have been vuah blessed in 
soiritual and tenr-oral things. *'s have been Di¬ 
verted from taking- either of our parents and friends 
as well as yourselves a visit this winter, part on 
account of the want of s 1 e 1 mhi n m and other circum¬ 
stances, and we had nothing: of importance to write 
so that we have deferred writing until now when we 
have something to communicate, which we think will 
^ratify ~ou, it is that Crofut has united to our chur< 

(Ezra) 

and also that that tall -an that was so annoyed with 
that small boy in the hay field with his wife, with 


-Pla 




•ofut and companion was bu<fy in the likeness 


v ~i st bea 


t _a. 


Lord 1 s Day by -Idem James Clark, 


who is our rreacher f 




his year, he has also immersed 


several others in the riv c r near "iarrurvill^, rider 
Robinson is also with us at present, he and several 


others 

take the 

"Lines 

of the Times" 

and call them 

selves 

the "Old 

School 

3actists" and 

dignify the 

^073ind 

er of us 

as the 

new school, al 

tno the church 

has som 

e difficu 

Ity sti 

11 I think on 

the whole we 

a re in 

a rather 

better 

state than we 

were a while 


back. Mrs. 5. and myself hope that we enjoy more 
spirimuality than for some time past, but our hearts 
are so deceitful that we darest scarcely speak or 
think of it lest we should not only deceive ourselves, 
and desire the prayers and council of God’s dear 
children. We all enjov mood health. Oscar can 
(recite) Och (as he terms it) on the map very well, 
cuime a lesson, we have not h^ard fro^ (father 
Blrdsall) Oteg-o lately, nor seen any from there since 
we were therewith you. We should be glad to hear 
from you if we cannot have the privilege of se< 
you. 

T . T) _ 'R^r:p.‘ r> Df 


4 r 


O 


4 - 


172 


Colesville, 
Jan. 17, 183^ 


David Bancroft, 

Sangerfield, N. Y. 

Dear Sir, 

Yours of the first inst. received with 
pleasure read of your health. 

and that of our friend through the mercies of a kind 
providence we all enjoy good health. We have a thaw 
now which has spoiled our sleighing and it if was 
good we could not come up at present for want of money. 
So that I cannot tell you when we can come. Oats 
are h'ld at 2/6 now, but yesterday the merchants 
of H rpersville would not give more than 2/, but some 
of my neighbors think that bv spriner they will be 
from 2/6 to 3/« So that I think if you can wait till 
sprint for your pay that 1 can store and sell them 
for you. Last soring seed oats were up as high as 
4/. Leonard is attending school and studying Olneys 
geography and is quite ambitious but thinks he would 
go home with the boys till we return. The ton^rue 
and hoof ail is very prevalent here, my mare has not 
had it yet. 

We were calculating to come up with a two horse 
sleigh and p-et a barrel of salt and some clover see$, 
some medicine and some plaster. If the boys come down 
with the oats they could get pine boards or staves 
for loading back or if it would be profitable I could 
let them have short shingles good at -$2.00 per M. We 
have enjoyed our minds for a few weeks back much 
better than for a year or two previous but we fear 
a relapse into our former stupid state, pray for us. 


J • D • B • 


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Hartwick, 

Feb. 18, 1834 

Mr. Henry Birdsall, 

Otego, Otsego Co., N.Y. 

• 

9 

Dear Aunt, 

I have an opportunity to send a few lines this morn¬ 
ing by the politeness of Mr. Herrington. We are all well at 
present as usual and have been looking for you up here for 
some time. I should be glad if you were not coming soon 
you would send me word about the money, whether I can have 
it or not. If I can, I will come or send down soon. I 
have received a letter from Ohio since I was at your house. 
Our friends are well and doing well. Write soon and oblige 
yours, etc., 

George W. Sisson 

Give my respects to all my friends. Tell Margaret I shall 
look for you and her up here soon. 

19 March 1879 Letter to Mrs. Gladys Fiori about Sisson and 
his wife. 



174 


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A List of the Members of the Second Baptist Church of 
Otego - Organised Apr, 26, 1834. 


First Organisers 
Male 

John Birdsall 

Wm. Shepherd 

Wm. H. Birdsall 

1834 Aug. 2 
Thomas Place 

1838 June 3 
Thomas Burdick 

1839 Dec. 1 

1842 June 4 

1843 March 4 

1843 Dec. 2 
David Yager 

1844 June 1 
Edmond Emmons 

1844 Aug. 31 
Potter 

1845 April 5 
J.D. Bancroft 


Female 

Charlotte Burdick 
Harriet Birdsall 
Tabitha Birdick 
Abigail Burdick 

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Cynthia Place 
Loretta Rowley 
Mary Birdsall 
Susanna Pierce 
Mary Ann Pierce 
Eliza Harris 


Laura B. Bancroft 
Rebeccah Ann Harris 


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•*'e receive! yours of the 2Cth 
with pleasure; and rejoice in your health, arc othe 
special mercies. I am confined to the house excect 
in warm pleasant weather I hav 
Far. and some for trifles about the house, the 
of the family er.^cv usual health o~ strive to 
ful yet net as we ought. 1’e have good news to write 
Sod is doi^g wonders in our land, we hear 60 or 7 C 
have been baptized in Hamilton 21 in Brookfield, 

10 at Vaterville. Ovrus anc «ife and Henry are 
a-orm the number 5 and perhaps more will be nett 
Sabbath. Oh! hew ou ~ht our hearts to overflow with 
cr s tz tude f o~ suc* r d~ sti ^* s'^e* 3 ~e” fl i c5 v 'j~ cu 
love yet tore, Ira and v 'is wife and their -------- 

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Saturday, h?y 5 , we are through the mercies of a 


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still enjovinm comfortable health. 


Ve have expected and still anxiously expect you here 

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Colesville, 20 th July, 1834 


Dear Parents, 

You undoubtedly have been disappointed in not 
seeing or hearing from us and we have been as much 
disappointed in not being able to come and see you 
& go to Utica and obtain medicine & blaster & salt, 
etc - etc articles which we wanted very much which 
with the desire to see you and especially on account 
of the joyful news contained in your last stimulated 
us to make much exertion to come but we have been 
foiled on account of the scarcity of money. Our whole 
dependence for monev is from the lumber men, if they 
fail all fail. - and this season has been peculiarly 
bad. - Very few made sales till late, and those at 
low prices. - The banks will not discount so that 
very little money can be had. - I have been put 
off from time, to time till now haying has commenced 
I shall not be able to come till fall. - but I hope 
to be able^ to come then. - I have got... me another.. . . 
^orse and* shall come with a two horse wagon. 

If mine should suit may possibly trade as I think the 
one I have will span Jim well. - I have thought that 
one of the boys might probably spend a short time 
here next winter drawing lumber to the Delaware to 
advantage they could bring down their own oats. - 
and take back boards or stave to advantage. 


Ye rejoice very much in the glad tidings you com¬ 
municated in your last. 0 that Henrv mav be so visited 
by divine grace as to live as a bright and shining 

light. 0 that he may pray much, and watch, —- 

-----•--- 7 watch the indications of the 

soirit, watch over his own heart, watch lest the 
devil, the world or the flesh tempt him astray. 

Watch lest he do wrons. Watch for the opportunities 
to do good especially to his own brothers, and parents. 
0 my dear brother that you may be so kept as never 
to fall as I have. - Be steadfast, be faithful always 
abounding in the work o^ ■''he Lord. - We enjoy usual 
health but are in a very low state as to spiritual 
things - as is the church - pray for us we beseech you. 
Leonard is well except a stone bruise on his heel of 
which he complains bitterly. He sends his love to 
all. Laura sends her kindest regard, and says she 
made you a cheese last summer, which she has kept till 
now - She has begun to make again, made three. 

Oscar is well but has had his collar bone dislocated 
by a fall - he reads in 4 to 5 letters. 


John D. Bancroft, 
Colesville 


Addressed to David Eancroft, 

Sangerfield 


Postal cancellation 
1834 




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Mr. John Birdsall Colesville, Aug. 1834 

care of Nathan Birdsall 
Otego, Otsego Co., N.Y. 

Dear Parents, 

I am once more permitted to record the goodness 
and mercy of our God, in granting us life and health 
and while disease and death are spreading their devasta¬ 
tions around you I can only commend you to God and pray that 
your lives and health may still be precious in his sight. 

I have felt a great deal of anxiety of late for my dear 
friends at Otego but God is able to preserve them and 
this is my only refuge and hope. About three weeks 
since Mr. Henry Wiles passed througi the place and lfcft 
word that the small pox raged to a great extent in your 
vicinity. 19 had died with it. You my dear parents can 
judge something what must have been my feelings until 
about a week after when Peter Bundy and wife passed through 

(but did not call on us) and left word that- 

died and that it was still a matter of dispute as to its 
being small pox. This intelligence relieved my mind in 
some measure and a little before day this morning the 
doctor came home and informed me he had seen Mrs. Niles 
(Miles) (who is mot at L. R. and will be the bearer of this) 
that she informed him that our friends were all well for 
which blessing I would feign be thankful. We should 
esteem it a great favor if some of our dear friends 
would favor us occasionally with an account of their 
welfare, if no other opportunity presents send by mail. 

I have not time to write you a long letter at this time as 
this must be conveyed to Mr. Niles (Miles) today, perhaps 
I shall make you a visit in two or three weeks if nothing 
in providence prevent less you should think it inadvisable 
for me to come at present. Please give our kindest 
regards and best wishes to all our family corrections and to 
all who inquire after us and be assured I remain affection¬ 
ately your daughter . L. B. Bancroft 

P. S. I would also send my best wishes to yourselves and 
Henry and all our connexion and do hope that some of you will 



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come down before winter sets in. We want to go to 
Sangerfield this fall but fear we will be prevented for 
lack of money. Oscar send love to grandma, and reads 
in two syllables and talks about cousin Milla 
Yours etc 

John D. Bancroft. 


June 16, 183^ 
Colesville 


Mssrs. Bennet and Bright 4 Co. 


Subscriptions paid 


L. Knowlton 

2.00 

Colesville, P.0. 

Dean Martin 

2.00 

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Jonah Kelley 

2.00 

M 

Daniel Martin 

2.00 

M 

Gardner Kittel 

2.00 

M 

Jemima Knowlton 

2.00 

M 

J.D. Bancroft 

2.00 

M 

David Willcox 

2.00 

Harpursville, P.0. 



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Colesville, N.Y. 
Dear Children, 


we have 

received yours 

of July 

and 

sc well and 

thank you for 

the good 

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sent 

health but 

the weather, 1 

have done 

but 

Since last 

summer 1 am oft 

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rejoice that vou are 
sel, you have our 
all enjoying tolerable 
very little work, 
pain that I can't do 
anything. The boys have done all the work except about one 
day's work. *e have been expecting you home but in vain. 

The 3th 1 was obliged to desist, * was so full of pain, I have 
taken r.c nourishment except a little porridge since the day 
before yesterday until a few minutes ago Cyrus is here and 1 
wanted tc send this to the P. 0. Your mother has been much 


work. 


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re all wanting to see you here. 


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have picked some beech nuts and have them yet to exchange with 
Leonard for walnuts and chestnuts. We have been to meeting 

Henry has been over constantly and is very stead 

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before ity last. He was hurt i 
able to do anything since. 

Hannah has another daughter 
rest of our connections are well. 

34 have been ba_ 

ight all be -ore faithful in our walk 
I ynatl£ to proceed must close wishing you tc accept 

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Colesville, N. Y. 
June 14, 1835 


Mary Birdsall, 

Otego, N. Y. 

Dear Mother, 

I cannot let the present favorable opportunity pass with¬ 
out send you a few lines knowing how acceptable the favors 
have ever been to the best of mothers. I have abundant cause 
of gratitude for the measure of health I have en.loyed since 
I saw you, though it has not been very good, yet I have been 
able to attend to my domestic concerns so as not to be obliged 
to have any hired help as yet. I expect to have a girl this 
week to commence my spinning. And to assist otherwise when 
necessary. I have anxiously expected a visit from you and 
some other of my friends this spring. But the season has 
passed away and I ha te ’>een disappointed but will strive 
to be reconciled hoping that I shall still be privileged again 
beholding you. 0! that I could ever feel duly grateful for 
the mercies and blessings I daily receive from the hand of 
a kind Heavenly Father. And never murmur at anv of his right¬ 
eous dealings. But 0! this cold heart of mine, a few returns 
of love does my Creator receive therefrom. Should kind Prov¬ 
idence be pleased to continue my unprofitable life after the 
first of July we wish to have you come down and spend some 
time with us. Not less than a week. And please send word 
by the bearer Elder Holmes whether you can have an opportunity 
to come. If not we will send for you. In the meantime give 
yourself as little uneasiness as possible and rest assured 

I have every intention which the kindest of _ 

a-—-—— companions can bestow. But cease not to re¬ 

member me at the throne of Grace to which may all continue 
to look for strength and support. 

With love to all my dear relatives and friends, in haste, 

I subscribe myself, your affectionate daughter, 

Laura Bancroft 

P. S. When sister Almira was here I aidnot expect to write 
before I sent for you, but fearing it might be difficult for 
you to leave home without previous notice induces me to change 
my mind. You may tell her she may leave that which she spoke 
of with you. 

(Note: Her letters are well written, excellent punctuation, 
sentence structure, vocabulary, etc. P. M. B.) 




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John Birdsall Colesville 

Otego, Otsego Co, N. Y. Oct. 14, 1835 

Dear Parents, 

With pleasure I embrace the present opportunity to 
inform you of our welfare as we are all through the good 
providence of God enjoying a good degree of health. I 
have just returned from Bro. Kellys where I have been 
visiting with a sister, a nephew and his wife of sister 
Kelly this afternoon and finding they were to pass you 
tomorrow on their way home I requested them to be the 
bearers of this. And the enclosed from brother Oscar 
which we received last Sunday. On Saturday we received a 
letter from Sangerfield. Fathers health has not been quite 
as good as usual the year past. We had a pleasant ride 
home after leaving your house. Arrived in good season, 
Found all well. No one had called for the doctor in our 
absence. But now he is quite full of business, principally 
in Harpursville. Mr. Yosburg is quite sick. Called on 
the doctor last Tuesday. He left home this morning to 
visit him and has not yet returned. Probably has some 
other call. Do not know as I have any thing more to commun¬ 
icate. Except that I have wove my cloth 3&i yards and 
sent it to the clothiers. Moral gloom seems to pervade 
the atmosphere. Iniquity abounds and the love of many 
wanes cold. I have for a few days past been led to con¬ 
trast the present season with nine years ago and o! how 
changed the scene. But amidst all our changes and wand¬ 
erings we can call to mind that our God is unchangeable. 

His dealings are still merciful towards us* May it lead 
us to dally repentance. That you may enjoy much of the 
Saviors presence and a happy entrance into eternity in the 
prayer of your unworthy daughter. 

Laura 


John and Mary Birdsall. 


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Perrysburgh 

Laura B. Bancroft Feb. 5* 1837 

Colesville, Broome Co. 

Ever dear Laura, 

Could I be assured of the help and happiness you 
and my dear boys, how happy I should be. I staid here 
last evening after dark and all the much fatigued, 
enjoying usual health and found your dear brother and 
sister with their interesting boys together with your 
sweet nieces enjoying usual health. 

They have become double dear to me by the great 
pleasure they expressed on my arrival. And interest 
they take in our welfare. I spent the first sabbath, 
the town of Covert between the Seneca and Cayuga lakes. 

It was a severe and blustering day. So drifted that 
the slrages did not pass. From Gene^va. I went to Ho-race 
Cadwells, near Palmyra*, from there to Mr. Dows near 
the ridge read, on lake Ontario, which was quite out 
of my route. From there I went to Rochester, Batavia, 
and Buffalo and thence along Lake Erie to Cleveland where 
the ground Was so bare that by the advice of travellers 
I thought to sell my harness and take to the saddle. 

In 2j days after reached my destination and have 
heard Elder B. preach to a full house from Luke l6;23 
And in Hell he lifted up his eyes and if this is not 
preaching then I cannot judge. It is quite warm and 
feels like spring. If the ice remains good we intend 
to go to Munree tomorrow, I have so many important 
points openning to me that I cannot fully determine 
where to locate and must defere to my next communication. 

Oscar (Oscar Birdsal is the son of Eldr Birdsall) has 
baptized seven and in a fortnight expects several more. 

His prospects at present are very flattering They 
all send respects to you and all inquired, they wished 
that you and our boys were here. They almost concluded 
that I would bring you all along. Oscar had set the 
day of my arrival if I came alone and Almira had saved 


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133 


and that day scrubbed up and cooked some cakes for 
our arrival and when I wrapped they said, "there the doctor 
has come." But I must close. Be cheerful, be resigned, do 
the best you can, and if anything goes wrong do not let it 
vex or worry you, and if a cross providence or sickness 
3f*flicts us, let us be resigned. I would be thankful for 
the mercies I recieve in enjoying good health and friends. 
Hope I shall be kept in the pathway of duty in the fear and 

love of God, and Oh, that the choicest blessing of heaven 

may rest on you. 

Yours in truth and love. 

J.D. Bancroft. 

PS. Give my best respects to the Elder and Lady, and all 
the bretheren and sisters and to all enquiring friends. 
Request the Elder to manage our concerns the best way he 
can and if we live he shall not go unrewarded. Do write 
immediately and kiss our little boys again and again for me. 
Tell them how much I wish to see them. Tell Oscar to be a 

good boy and try to make his dear Mama as happy as he can 

in my absence. To try to learn all he can so that if I 
ever an permitted to see him again I may find him a fine 
good boy and happy 

Adiue-adieu- 


Harpursville, N.Y. 

May 6, 1838 

Dear Parents, 

I take this opportunity to inform you of our welfare. 
Judge that you will be glad to hear. We are in usual health 
and have had recent information from brother Oscar (her 
brother John Oscar Birdsall) We received a letter dated 
April 5 stating that Almira (Almira (Eutts) Birdsall. his 
wife) has been confined to her bed about five weeks but did 
not mention her complaint. Yesterday we received a paper 
on which was written ‘a boy again - well”. From which we 



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infer that now they are in good circumstances. It 
appears to me I never felt more anxious to see my dear 
parents and other family connexions. But seeing no pros*pget 
of it. The doctor has plenty of business most of the time. 
He is gone now. We have had two men the week past laying 
new pump logs so that we have water handy once more, which 
I consider a great privilege. I hope my dear friends will 
all remember that it affords me great satisfaction to see 
them and not failing improving every opportunity to come. 

It is meeting time and I must close. Remember me to all 
enquiring friends. I remain as ever your affectionate 
daughter. 

Laura 


John and Mary Birdsall 


Laura Birdsall Bancroft 

wife of J.D. Bancroft 


July 20, 1838. 

Colesville, N. Y. 

Miss Mary Martin 
Dear Sister, 

I sieze a late hour to inform you that we are all well 
except our dear little sister Betsey who is very ill. 

How slender is the thread of life. But a few days ago she 
was as healthy and gay as any of us and now to all human 
appearance she is near the grave. We have not employed 
any doctor for we are afraid they will surely kill her. 

We have proposed sending for you several times but 
father says you are engaged in your school and wbuld not 
like to come. But I know you would like to come home if 
you knew the circumstances and how ill she is. We do 
not feel as if we could part with her, but our heavenly 
fathers wisdom, he knows best. 


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185 

My heart is full and I can write about nothing 
else at present. I trust I shall shortly see you home. 

S. S. Martin 


Samuel Sanford Martin 

To Mary A. Martin 
Colesville. 


Aug. 18, 1840? 


Dear Cousin, 

As Pa has given me leave I embrace the opportunity 
of writing you about my studies. I have commenced at¬ 
tending school. I study arithmetic and grammer. I have 

c 

been reading the history of the American Revolution and 
Bufins Natural History and found them very interesting. 

Your affectionate cousin, 
Oscar Bancroft. 

to John Birdsall 

At this time Wm. Oscar was t n yours old. The above 
date was on an attached piece of paper. This may have 
been written some time after 1840. 

P.M. B. 


6 Nov. 1841 


School District #13 

Elias Patrick County Clerk 

Commisioners of Common schools 
Harry Martin 
Henry Judd Sr. 

Sylvanus D. Merrian 


Elias Patrick Town Clerk 

Commisioners of Education from both districts to 
deal with annexation 
Henry Martin 
Henry Judd Sr. 

Sylvanus Merriman 

Ira Hyde 
Elija Hyde 
Albert Pratt 


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Windsor, N.Y. 

Jan. 18, 1839 

Dear Sister, 

I am well; very well as regards health but feel very 
incompetant for the task of guiding the youthful mind 
aright, I was highly pleased with your verses and send 
the following in answer to "When dost thou think of me" 

I think of Thee when joy and gladness 
Fills my heart with rapturous tone 
I think of thee when grief and sadness 
Call me forth to walk alone 

I think of thee when in lone bower 
Kneeling on the chilly snow 
Praying from temptations power 
God will save you while below 

I think of thee when my mind rambles 
0*er the dangerous path we tread 
Fearing lest its thorns and brambles 
Should infest thy future road 

S. S. Martin 

Miss Mary Ann Martin 


P. S. 

I should be glad to see you over this way 
Farewell for tonight 
S.S. Martin 




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189 

Hanbure, N.Y. 

Oct. 31. 1810. 

#595 

Mrs. Laura B. Bancroft. 

Colesville, Broome Co., N.Y. 

Dearest Friend Laura, 

How changed I am. -, (she refers to their °arly warm 

friend ship) My beloved companion and friend who’s loss I can 
never sufficiently deplore, lies in the grave. - I do not ex¬ 

pect to describe to you ny feelings, you knew my friend, his kind¬ 
ness, his affection, his untiring efforts to make his family hap¬ 
py. How much I looked to him for comfort in sickness and in heal¬ 
th and to have him torn from me and left here in a land of strang¬ 
ers. - But I know this chastisement is from my heavenly fath¬ 

er who styled himself as the father of the fath-rl^ss and widows. 

-— How wretched and lonely I am, -, all looks dreary and des¬ 
olate. - He is at r^st far from the vale of suffering. - 

I give myself up entirely into the hands of God, b°li-ving he will 
do all things for the b^st and feel it is good for me to be aff¬ 
licted. I know that my redeemer lives and I desire to be conform¬ 
ed to his will in all things. Yet a little while I shall follow 
my friend. 

I have William, Mary Ann and Francis with me. Harriet lives 
in Buffalo. Her husband is a physician. Dwight went to Buffalo 
and works in a drug store. 

I will be glad when the elections are over. I am tired of 
log cabins, tippicanoe, hard cider and songs like that. 

I subscribe myself, your own altered friend, 

Debra Lawrence. 

Aug. 23. lSUl. 

Som s of the words of Ananias Freeman who di c d away from home. 

Dear Children - Separated far from you, with the prospect of 
death before me, I wish to giv° you a few words of advice and 
may God give you a heart to profit by it. I would first rec¬ 
ommend you to the good Lord Jesus Christ as the only means of 
acceptance with the Father. Call on him while he is’near. Em¬ 
brace Him with the golden sceptor of mercy held out to you. Do 
not put off repentance for another day. You all must die and 
come to judgement and what a melancholy thought that we should 
be seoarated through a long eternity. Be netreat-d then my 
children as you prize your eternal salvation, as the ways of sin 
and wickedness you must turn from.. Turn to the Lord that when 
you come to give up this mortal body and Christ should come to 
take up his jewels we may all be found at the right hand of God 
the Father where there are pleasures ever more and when you 
think on this remember that it is the last words of a dieing 
father who with the hope of happy immortality bids you a long 
and affectionate farewell. 


190 

Margaret Campbell f s last words of farewell to her daughters- 

My dearly beloved children it appears to be the will of our 
Heavenly Father to separate me from you by death. The only de-> 
sire I have had to live for was the good of my family. For myself 
I could not expect to enjoy anything more on this earth than I have 
already enjoyed and therefore for my own enjoyment it is 7 much better 
for me to be taken away than to continue with you. But I am recon¬ 
ciled to leave you when I consider that if I continued with you I 
could not preserve you from evil. I might indeed advise and instruct 
you but if you hear not Moses and the Prophets, Christ and the Apostle 
neither would you be pursuaded by me and go to natural evils. Who 
can defend you from these? You are all able to read the oracles of 
God and those of your wisest and safest instructors in everything. But 
I am reconciled to leave you from another consideration, I was left 
without a mother when I was younger than any of you and when I re¬ 
flect how kindly our Heavenly Father has dealt with me, how He watch¬ 
ed over my childhood and guarded my youth and has guided it till now, 

I am taught to commit you without fear or naxiety into His hands. The 
experience I have had with His abundant goodness towards me embold¬ 
ens me to commend you to Him. 

«ff ttfttfttff11 If 

Aug. 28, 18/+1* 

Melinda (Crofut) Martin to her children. 

You can all read from that blessed book from which I have de¬ 
rived more happiness than from any other source. ( in this instance 
we have corrected her spelling and sentence structure, P.M.B.) The 
happiest circumstance of my life I consider to be that which gave me 
the taste for for reading and a desire for understanding the New Tes- 
ament. This 3D have considered and do now consider to be one of the 
greatest blessings which has resulted from my acquaintance with your 
father. Although I have had a religious education from my father and 
was early taught the necessity and the importance of religion and yet 
it was hot until I became acquainted with the contents of this book, 
which 'you have so often seen me reading, that I came to understand 
the character of God and enjoy a firm and abounding confidence in His 
promises. Let your conversation be sober and modest and your appar- 
ell modest and clean. Every thing vain and fantastical avoid. If 
persons wish to recommend themselves to the vain and giddy they will 
try to dress and adorn themselves to suit such persons. I intreat 
you to avoid the conversations, manners and apperal that would suit 
such persons. They are poor companions in sickness or death, 


191 


Perrysburg, Ohio. 

May 31, 1841. 

D«ar Brother and c Sister, (Or. & Mrs. J.O.Bancroft) 

Am admonished by the lapse of another season that I owe an¬ 
other token of affectionate remembrance to my distant friends. 

The past season has been fraught with unussual interest on many 
accounts. We have been visited by domestic affliction. Early 
in March the fearful scrourge, the scarlet fever, made its ap¬ 
pearance in our circle. Our little John was violently attacked, 
but in our extremity, he had scarlatina angiosum, when hope had 
abandoned physician, parents and friends, God heard our prayers 
and he began to mend. As he began to mend our other little boys 
were taken down. Ghe disease then assumed a simple form and 
passedmoff without serious alarm. In the near prospect of death 
the consolation of the gaspels were the support of ourmlittle 
boy. -• 

A little previous to the sickness of our children my self 
and wife and William narrowly escaped a sudden death. We had 
started to cross the river on the ice, the bridge being out of 
repair. --- A gentleman near the riveprwhen I hove in sight, 
---, he told me to stop. He said the ice was unsafe. I alighted 
and we stepped forward about ten feet with a little stick. Just 
over the rapid current in the deep channel he thrust through the 
ice as through honey comb. I gave up our expedition, In the 
midst of life we are near death. 

It is a season of spiritual refreshing here. Since my re¬ 
turn I have baptized 13 in this place and 4 in xMaumee. ---, 

I feel deeply afflicted with the sorrow of sister Tacy In 
prayer I spread the case of Albert before Him. What cause is 
Albert’s insanity atributed to? 

Affectionatley John 0. Birdsall 


Rev. William 0, Birdsall was a brother of Laura (birdsall) 
Bancroft 

Tacv(Birdsall) Birdsall, married a cousin, Albert Birdsall, 
a preacher who was said to become "non compus mentus" 


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Sangerfield, N.Y. 
Aug. 30, I 84 I 


Dear Brother, 

I take my pen in hand to send you a little information 
about your speculation in this country. Mother's family are 
all in usual health except myielf. — The boys are all 
at home except Leanard who has a store in Brookfield. The 
others are busily engaged in harvest. I have not done any 
work this year. — I have been running down constantly and 
am now so feeble I cannot set up more than a half hour at a 
time. I have employed our physicians all to no purpose. I 
have been out north to see a G rman doctor. He says I got 
the consumption and he thinks he can help me. Unless I get 
help before cold weather I fear I shall not stand it through 
the winter. I hope that if it is possible for you and your 
family will come and make us a visit soon.. I shall be glad 
to see you here once more. The blessing of health we do not 
prize until we are sick, it is the greatest of blessings. 

We send compliments to all, 

0. P. Bancroft. 


This is 0. Perry Bancroft, son of David III (6) by his second 
wife, a half brother of Dr. J.D.B. 


Perry had a medical diagnosis of "consumption” add died of the 
disease at 22 yrs. 

In 1$40 nothing was known about the cause of consumption. 

Since it occured in successive generations in certain families 
it was looked upon as hereditary. He reveals his lack of un- 
derstang about contagion when he invited J.D.B. and family to 
wome and visit him. P.M.B. 


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193 


John Birdsall and wife, 
Dear Brother and Sister, 


Harpursville, N.Y. 
July 11, 1841 


tie would return our hearty thanks for the punctuality^ 
and the interest with which you continue our correspondence, 
•sill try in our poor way to return the favor and if we fail 
in interest not in faithfulness. The scarlatina has visited 
you but a kind providence has joined his mercy with his 
faithfulness and spared your little circle and , as we hope, 
for further usefulness. Gods peculiar providence, "He careth 
for us". Why are we notas thankful for a merciful providence 
which afflicts for our good.. As for a signal protection from 
an impending evil for the body as we have no additionssto our 
spiritual zion. 

We have received five numbers of the Baptist Libr and do 
in pleasure credit them to our friend Job. We are highly 
pleased to hear that your health is as^good and that you are 
so happy and contented. Your friends frequently enquire if 
you write of comming out to visit. We wish to caution you 
about any remarks in your letters respecting Albert’s malady. 
(It has been said that he was insane, P.M.B .) His friends 
think it not expedient that his mind should be agitated by 
the knowledge that distant friends know anything about it. 

His derangement was caused by a vitiated state of the secre*- 
tions causing a determination to the head. Perhaps the whole 
can be traced back to bad company and impro-per habits. 

(This rivrs to Albert Martin husband of Betsey iMartin, his 
cousin and wife.) He is now at home and very steady,---, 
works faithfully. --- Oscar has been up to uncle Williams 
twice this spring but we have?have not been up. Father, 
mother and William H. 3irdsall have been here this spring. 
Wealthy Birdsall, daughter of uncle M. staid here last night 
and said that father had footed it down from Nathan’s to 
Hunt’s last week. - My business is better than I expect¬ 
ed. July 25, 1841, after advancing thus far in my 

letter I was broken off by an obstetrical call and have been 
very busy eve.r since, so 1 am behind also to a letter to my 
brother in Sangerfield ;and one in Harpursville and my niece 
in Hudson City. We have heard nothing more fro Otego. 
Nathan’s health is considered delicate. Our Birdsall is a 
fine plump little fellow. Our hay crop is light but,other 

crops are good- ' 

Must close wishing you and yours every blessing, 


John 0. Bancroft. 


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Hamilton University 
Sept. 19, 1&41. 


Samuel Martin Jr., 

Colesville, N.Y. 

Dear Father, 

This day arrived at Hamilton about 9 am. Feel to bless 
God for his goodness in once more bringing me safely back to 
this place, it looks like home to me. Things remain about as 
when I left them except there has been some deaths in the 
University. There are many kind bretheren who*welcome me back 
with great apparent joy. My mind still turns back to and the 
scenes through which we passed when I was last there. As I 
contemplate the awful night of the 20th (26th?) of August 1&41 
the big tears start and may my callous heart never become so 
hardened as not to weep when my faithful memory recalls that 
piteus sight. Tis natures voice that bids us weep. Our Sav¬ 
ior wept at the grave of Lazarus and David mourned for Jonathon 
and Absolom in a manner that would doubtless be called extra¬ 
vagant in the present day. 

20 Sept. Began reviewing Greek. Attended an abolition 
meeting to support the cause of liberty. May the Lord help me. 
Took cold comming up on the canal and have not been very well 
since. All alone I sit by the faint glimmer of a poor candle 
and try to collect my wandering thoughts. To look over the 
events of the day. What I have been about and what motives 
agitate me. What a dark catalogue of evil thoughts, idle words 
and sinful actions will the Judgement reveal against me unless 
they are washed away by the blood of Christ. What a daily need 
of the grace of God which leadeth unto repentance. 

I room alone. Bro. Kneeland is gone and Bro. Bliss is 
gone. All my most intimate friends are gone. Soon they will 
be back. 

Today made arrangements for a brother to hear me recite, 

3 weeks for two dollars. I find no time to write except when 
I should be sleeping. The bed bugs are only outnumbered by the 
grass hoppers and would remind you of the plagues of Egypt. 

23 Sept. Went fishing and caught nothing 

24 Sept. Pate feels rather thick. Hard work to learn my 
lessons. Bodily health is much improved. I like boarding my¬ 
self thus far, Describes trip by foot wagon and canal boat 

from home to Hamilton, via Binghamton, Port Crane, South Oxford, 
Oxford, Norwich, Earlville and Hamilton. Took six days. 

(He urges his sisters to avoid sin, and his parents to take 
care of their health.) 


Samuel Sanford Martin 
Divinity student. 


197b 


Owego, N.Y. 

Oct. 26, 1841. 

Dear Friends, 

I feel ashamed to let you know how long I have ne¬ 
glected writing. Sarah did according to the doctor's 
direction in every respect until she had taken the 
tincture for one week. She then quit taking it for she 
grew worse as long as she took it. She continued tak- 
the pills until she took them up and then commenced tak= 
ing Dr. Robinson's pills, but on the whole we do not 
know as she is any better. But I must tell you one 
thing concerning the rest of the family, we are very 
much affected. Our father is no more. He left this 
world of trouble on the eve of the 8th inst. about 10 
oclock. He was not out of his room after you were here. 
Appleton came home the day you left and was almost ccn= 

stantly by his side as long as he lived. He lay very 
insenseable of his situation and at times did net know 
the family. They took me up the day before his death 
and carried me in to see him for the last time. 

We have been informed by our relatives that he com 
plained to them of mother neglecting him. But he was 
very childish I think. Mother was very circumspect, 
the cause of my telling you things we did not know as he 
might have complained to you. We wish you not to lay 
anything up against her for I think she done all she 
could. 

Please excuse all my mistakes for I write while on 
the bed, not being able to set up and my mind is very 
much aggitated with other afflictions. I was informed 
last evening of the death of a much loved cousin that 
lived on the other side of the river, which was not ex¬ 
pected. Please write as soon as you receive this. 

Maria Kelly. 


198 


Aug# 28, 1S41 


From Melinda Crofut ! s diary - verbatim- 

What i wish to rite is the death of lucius on the 18 of 
this month he was kicked by a horse leeving a large piece of 
scul and sum brayns on the ground where he furst fel he lived 
3 days and but partly deranged doctor sewed him up but fever 
took him. 


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«* ** 

Address Delivered before the Young Mens Association of 
the City of Toledo, Ohio Dec. 31, l&U. 

Bishop John 0. Birdsall. 

It is woth peculiar pleasure that I avail myself of this 
opportunity to address the young men of this city. — The 
object of your association is very laudable. - 

The acquisition of truth is is a noble object most worthy 
of the vigorous pursuit of manly youth. — 

The question of the Roman governor,of the province,of 
the Prophet of Nazareth,---, "what is truth" is one of abiding 
interest 

(He proceeds to show that we depend greatly on the testi¬ 
mony of others in geography, hisotory, medicine, law) 

The Christian --- rests his weighty interests upon,-— 
upon the assurances which he possesses of the fidelity of 
those who have attested the accuracy of which form the basis 
of his belief. 

Our theme this evening is that the credibility<\of those 
witnesses who have attested of the fact imbraced in the Chris¬ 
tian faith, is established. 

The law of evidence is an interesting study. To know 
when to believe and when to disbelieve is most important. 

(He uses a lengthy legal approach to the question of 
the credibility of witnesses.) 

The credibility of .witnesses depends upon, first, their 
honesty; second,their ability; third, the number and consis¬ 
tency of their testimony; fourth, the conformity of their 
testimony to experience; fifth, the coincidence of their 
testimony with colateral circumstances. (He proceeded to 
qualify is witnesses, the apost;es and others who knew Jesus.) 

For a complete text see the Addendum. 

P.M.B. 

This organization was the precursor of the Y.M.C.A. 
as we know it today. 


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Harpursville, N.Y. 
Jan* 12, 1342. 


Anna Maria Williams 
Dear Niece, 

I remember -well when your mother with tears in her eyes gave me 
the parting hand. And how affectionately your Aunt Sally ran down 
the steps of the old stoop, caught me in her arms when I came alone 
through the fields from Jefferson, as if an orphan from the wilds of 
Vermont, without kith or kin to protect or guide me except your saint¬ 
ed mother and Un&le Demarest. I have always felt I would visit my 
friends in Catskill but pecuniary embarrassment and duty that I owe 
to an infirm parent, at first and a growing family since, have ever 
thus far prevented. I do not claim the excellence, neither have I 
acquired the riches but, by the grace of God, I am able to run the 
Christian race with meakness and fear. Fight the good fight of faith 
and obtain the true riches, I ought not to repine but be thankful. 

Give my compliments to Elsie Ann and her husband, Mr. Crane. 

Tell him that some of my friends have been conveying lumber to *lbany 
and if he will write to me perhaps I can be of service to him. 

You have an intereting family, four little immortals and you are 
the most efficient agent to train their little minds to act well their 
part in time and fit them for eternity. Give my love to them. Give 
our best regards and esteem to Catharine. Tell her to kiss her girls 
for her uncle. Tell Catharine that when I taught school on the 
Mohawk I was told she was married to a Domini who was then preaching 
in the neighborhood. 

The community is in part to blame for Phillips trouble. The 
constant supply of liquid fire before the young and unwary may prove 
their destruction. Guard you and your sons by banishing all that 
can intoxicate from your presence. It is the fashionable youths that 
fixes the fashion. Mrs B. joins in affectionate regards for you 
and your family. 


Yours, 


John Demarest Bancroft. 


Clavarack, N.Y. 

June 15, 1841 

Dr. John Demarest Bancroft 
Dear Uncle, 

I will give you a short history of my mothers, your 
sisters, family. I am Anna Maria, and I have one brother 
and sister, Philip and Catharine. You know mother married 
again and had one child who’s name is Sarah. She is 
married and lives in Baltimore, We correspond with her 
frequently. With respect to Uncle Demarests family, he 
sold his farm at Catskill and bought one near us. I 
showed him your letter and he was glad to hear from you. 
Aunt Sally has been dead for eight years. Elsie Ann 
married Mr. Crane and lives in Albany. He is a lumber 
merchant and makes a very genteel living. They have 
seven children. John Henry lives in Elmira N.Y. Emeline 
married a brother of Mr. Crane and died after being marr¬ 
ied about 18 months. She left a son of 9 months. Edward 
married Mr. Merrifields daughter in Jefferson. Eleanor, 
Matilda and Sarah are at home. All are professors of 
religion except Edward and Sarah. 

With respect to my own family, we have- Gebhard, 10; 
Edward, 8; William, 6; and Thomas We were married 

in 1830. 

Catharine lives in Hudson. She has three daughters, 
Ellen, Cornelia and Elizabeth. You remember old Nauche 

(negro slave). She died in 1838 . 

My brother Philip# his uncle John Gebhard took him 
when he was twelve years of age and gave him a liberal 
education. He has abused all his advantages, talents 
of which he had many and has taken the awful vice of 
intemperance. He lives among the connexion, first one 
and then the other. He is very smart and can turn his 
•hand to anything. But he is idle. 

The family all join me in wishing you to remember 
us to all your family. Please come and visit us. 

Your affectionate niece, 

Anna Maria Williams 


202 


Harpursville, N.Y. 
Dec. 22, 1SU. 


Dear Brother and Sister, 

Your letter came to hand the 15th inst. forwarded from Hope- 
well so that you will be under the necessity of writing Harpurs¬ 
ville more distinctly on your letters. It came to hand withethe 
Pr. Message. I was very anxious to read both but was under the 
necessity of defering them on account of an urgent call and one 
call succeeded another, which, with a sick cow,has prevented my 
answering your wish. And now with my wife sewing beside re, Oscar 
shelling corn for his geese and turkeys one of which he desires to 
celebrate on for his little brother f s birth day. The young man 
lies quietly in his craddle which you gave us, as unconcious of 
the intended honor as the emporer of the Celestial Empire was of the 
great honor the young Prince of Wales intended for him. Laura says 
iit would be very pleasing to have you here to enjoy a turkey with 
us. Are we not a happy family, or at least aught we not to be, if 
we can have in addition to our present blessings, contentment - or 
perhaps more properly, resignation - for this I think very essen¬ 
tial to happiness in this life. 

We are all in good health and our friends in Otego also ex¬ 
cept Albert, after spending the summer steady at work on the farm, 
has become a wanderer again. --— 

I was called off to make some eye water. -• I have re¬ 

ceived aletter from the daughter of a sister, a Demarest, living 
in Clavarack. She gives a very interesting account of my Con¬ 
nexion there. We are quite anxious to make them a visit there. 

But not having paid up my borrowed money is a damper on my wishes, 
so we shall post pone. 

We have the Baptist Library rather irregularly. How do you 
like it? I noticed something in out last Register from ^ler 
John 0. Birdsall. It majte me think of our poor bretheren in 
London. 0, poor human nature. When will the rich cease to op¬ 
press the poor. When will our legislators be consistent and make 
some laws as will enable the industious poor to provide for them¬ 
selves instead of laws to assist the rich in their oppressions? 

When will the benevolent provied for the poor at home, instead 
of exhousiing all their energies abroad? 


J.D.Bancroft. 


J.F.Bishop 



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201 


Anna Maria Williams was the daughter of Nettie ( Demarest) 
Gebhard, half sister of John Demare st Bancroft. Dr. David 
Bancroft had married Catharina (Oothout) Demarest the widow 
of Captain Demarest. Who had two children by the Captain. 
They were Nettie and Hanry 0 Demarest. She had but one 
child by her second marriage, John Demarest Bancroft. So, 
Nettie and Henry were half brother and sister to Dr. John 
Demarest Bancroft. Nettie married Phillip Gebhard by whom 
she had four children. One of these was Anna Maria Gebhard 
who married Williams becoming Anna Maria (Gebhard) Williams. 


P.M.B. 


Capt. John 
Demare st 


Catharina Oothout 



Dr. David 

"-^Bancroft III 

Dr. J. D. Bancroft 


Nettie (Demarest) 
Ge bh ard 


Anna |yiari*a (Gebhard) 
Williams 


Wir Oscar Bancroft 


Rev W.D.Bancroft 





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May 2, 1842. 

Indenture. 

State of Connecticut, party of the first part. 

John D. Bancroft, of Colesville, Broome Co., N.Y 
Party of the second part, is firmly bound to 
Isaac Spencer, treasurer of the State of Conn, 
in the sum of $600.00 and $100.00 annually with 
interest. 

Incomplete record of payments. 


June 18, 1835 
Sept 13 1836 

July 10 1837 

June 2 1838 

» 6 1838 

July 5 I838 

May 18 1839 
Sept 4 1840 

June 8 >1841 
Oct 16 . 1841 
May 2 1842 


$22.00 interest 

3.68 " 

10.00 " 

50.00 
10.00 
8.57 
70.00 
14.00 
140.00 
30.00 
50.07 


Apparently Isaac Spencer was dissatisfied with 
Dr. Bancrofts payments and refused to carry him 
longer. See correspondence. 


May 16 1842 

• o • 

Committee for reorganization of Common School 
Districts. 

J.D.Bancroft 
H. Humaston 
H.F.Brownson 
Henry Judd, Sr. 

Joseph Carman 
W.P.Pope 

Having taught school for ten years, Dr. Bancroft 
continued to have an intense interest in the 
betterment of schools and the encouragement of 
free public education. P.M.B. 


206 


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About 1&42 

Dear Cousin Phebe, 

Betsey is sick and my health is not very 
good and I should be very glad to get you to 

• t v - % 

come for a while and help if your, arrangements " 

are so you can. Mr. Stevens went to your father f s r< 

after you but did not find you. If you cannot 

* 

come I must try to get some one el&e. 

In haste. 

, Lois 

, (Lois (Martin) Stevens 

Phebe Martin , dau. Samuel Martin Jr.) 

(daughter of Daniel Martin, P.M.B. P.M.B. 


Dec. 24, IB 42 . 


D.Clapp Jfc., 

The enclosed $3#00 is for my subscription to the 
Boston Med. & Surg. Jour. 

J.D/B. 


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Ad-1 


In 1#24, three years after Maria's death, J.0.Bancroft, as a 
medical student of 24 years, reported in his diary of a number 
of infatuations,- 

”0ne week moeing an amiable young lady, 
the next week leaving her”y 

At this time he also decided to quit the study of medicine but 
soon returned to it. He also found his feeling toward toward 
the church vascilating. He expressed feelings of guilt over 
his social, professional and spiritual inconsistancy. 

The following is a first draft of a letter to "I&neline”, 
and represents one of his infatuations,- 

”Emeline _ - You do not expect his from me surely 

after what has passed- hut I do assure you 

that my friendship for you (say nothing of love) 

is unabated, in truth I wish you well, -• If I 

have done amiss toward you, or not been circumspect 
in my words or actions, when in your^presence on 
anything deviating from the path of a professor in 
Christ, forgive me. 


0 Emeline, how have all my hopes been blasted, 
my little plans for happiness with you outdone and 
vanished like the baseless fabric of a vision. But 
so we must be taught by disappointment not to trust 
in happiness in this worlds transitory things. 


There is no further mention of Emeline in his diaries or in 
hiss letters so we assume that she had lost interest in him. 


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Ad-3 


Coventry, N.Y. 

Respected Sister in the Lord, Nov. 23, 1828? 

What pleasure I have taken in perusing your kind letter. 

» 


The Lord only knows how wicked I am . So often led a- 


stray and from Him by this wicked and alluring world . 


She dwells at great length about her sinful and unworth- 
ness. She asked Laura to pray for her and to write fre¬ 
quently and help her> Their self degredation and unworth¬ 
iness and guilt is freqeuntly expressed in letters and 
their prayer meetings. 


Miss Laura Birdsall, 
Huntsville, N.Y. 


Carolyne L. Canniff. 




Trenton, N.Y. 

Dear Sir, Jan * 6 » 1829 * 

I have not visited .since the beginning of the term, 
the number of students during this term will notexceed 
155. There is a larger number of candiditates for the 

M.D. than usual. - Drunken Green (a class mate) 

in the town of Pamelia, Jefferson Co., teaching school 
again. Your situation is not invisible one, I seak 
this from experience, you have had bad luck, lost a 
child. The best can't always ward off the arrows of 
the unwelcome visitor. 

Our health is good except for a chronic affection 
of the eyes. 

Yours, 


J.D.Bancroft, Esq. 


E.A.Potter. 


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Fairfield, N.Y. 

Nov. 4, 1827. 

Dear Father, 

I have been anxious to hear from you since Henry 
left me. How did he arrive at home. I was not able 
to ge to Fairfield as soon as I expected but still 
aot here in season to get a tolerable good room and 
roomatesand two cords of wood at 12/ before lecturs 
commenced. 

A young man by the name of Newkirk from Catskill 

attends here — he tells me that Champlin is dead and 
died at Kingston. His wife lives at Madison. 




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Ad-5 

Crontbaf, N.Y. 

May 7, 1829. 


Sir, 

Your agent,Brother R. Ashby, was with the church of West 
Leydon and assisted the members present to form themselves 

j. v 

into Tract Society. They adopted a constitution he pre¬ 
sented. Sixteen are members. 

The following officers were elected- 
Elder Elias Burdick, Pres. 

John D. Bancroft, Sec. and Treasurer 

Winthrop Felshaw 

Charkes B. Knight Directors. 

Richard T. Hough 

Yours in the best of bonds 

John D. Bancroft 

July 6, 1829 

In consequence of the misfortune of Truman Culver in the 

loss of his house by fire, - , the subscribers feel it 

to be our duty, -. 

We the subscibers being personally acquainted with Truman 
Culver, in consideration of his misfortune and peculiar 
circumstances, being crippled, and the dependence of his 
aged mother and having the misfortune of losing his 
house and its contents by fire, we do agree to pay him 
the sums opposite our names and heartil'.y recanm end him 
to the kind sympathetic.nature of others* 

Dr. J.D.Bancroft, Sec. & Treas. 

We the subscribers, wishing e €o jtrof^ote the cause 
of temperance, do agree to pay the sums set opposite 
names, for the purpose of obtaining a number of the 


Temporance Recorder. - . 

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Sam Martin 

50* 

J. Knowlton 

25 

John D. Bancroft 

50 

Asa Judd 

25 

William Keech 

50 

Daniel Crofut 

25 

J,M.Dickinson 

50 



Nathan Ruggles 

50 



J,M,Dickson 

50 



Aadolphus Noble 

50 



J. Knowlton 

50 




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Lebanon, N.Y. 

Sept. 1,1829 

Dear Doc. 

The first of June I started to go into Vermont in 
search of a place to Locate. I travelled about 300 miles 
and found none I thought suitable. I returned to Endfield 
the end of June and stayed there a week and then commenced 
to journey through the eastern and middle parts of this 
state and the eastern part of Massachusets but found no 

resting place and consequently returned to Enfield. -, 

I finally went to Lebenon where I am now lying on my oars 
anxiously waiting for an opportunity to appear. You 
will therefore, if you hear" of a chance for me, be so 

good as to let me know. -. I shall try teaching school 

if no opportunity appears. Aug. 19th received the M.D. 
degree. In haste, your obedient servent 
Dr. Bancroft B. Sanborn 


_ , August 28,1829 

Case report 

I was called to see a patient, Jeromia Howlev, Had 

attended a raising and became very cold in the evening 

comming home without a coat. „ . orr , , 

^ August 27th 

Attached with violent pain in the bowels.. Took some epsom 
salts which operated freely but did not remove the pain. 
When I saw him, hard pain in the bowels, difficul breath¬ 
ing , much prostration of strength, no cold chills since 
the cathartic. Pulse not much ezcited, nor much increase 
of heat or thirst. Tongue foul. Gave Jalap and ordered a 

sweat in the evening. _ . 

August 29th. 

Saw the patient in the evening. Pain removed to the chest. 

Fever increased. Skin hot. Pulse quick and strong. In 

other respects the same as before, except some pain in eyes 

Took a medium quantity of blood and gave Dover Pills 

August 30th 


Morning, pain in the breast abated. Gave antimony solution 
abd cathartic. Jalap C.T . Afternoon solution had produced 
emesis, but cathartic no operation. Continued the solution 
every hour and ordered more jalap. ' : * 


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40 


September 26, 1829 

Case Summary 
Miss Pease 

Was called in consultation by Dr. North. She had 
been sck quite a time. Has been salivated by Dr. North, 
had a gastric affection. Severe loss of weight, dry skin, 
hacking cough, soreness of stomach and bowels. Occasional 
diarrhoea. Pulse quick and strong, Sclarea white, feet and 
ankles swollen, complains of pain with numbness in 

in them. 

Next day appeared better, bowels soft and free. Does 
not complain so much of pain, appetite improved but 
pulse quick and small. Gave digitalis tincture, 5 drops 
three times a day. Bowels to be kept open and counter 
irritation with blisters. 

Died. *************** 

Whitefield, New Hampshire 
Nov. 24, 1829 

Dear Sir, 

I came to this town the first of October, like the 
country and people very well. The town in which I live 
is in the Southern part of Coos county, in New Hampshire. 
Have a good share of business. Charged $150 in one month. 
Had several capital cases. Let us exchange case sudies 
Accept my best wishes for your spiritual and tenporal pros¬ 
perity. Yours affectionately. 

B.F.Sanborn 
*************** 

April 1, 1830 

Common school District #13 is annext to distric #12 

Commisioners ’ of education, the common schols of Colesville 
John W. Vosberg 

Harry Martin James Martin 

E . Ruggles Davis Dickson 

★★*★*******★★* 

May 11, 1830 

I hearby certify that Dr. John D .Bancroft is a member of 

the Medical Society of the County of Oneida. 

L.L.Peck, Sec. 


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Cheshire, July 28, 1830 

Dear Sir, 

Agreeable to your request I avail myself of the oper- 

tunity to write,-. The bad health of my family has pre'- • 

vented my writing before. Phebe is vepy sick. The ? 

rest of your friends are well. Respecting the chance for 

a Physician here, I will give you the situation ofa few 

adjoining town ships. Cheshire is located on the Ohio 

river is sickly; Morgain Township lies in the pine hills 

is tolerably healthy. Wilkes, Huntington and Rafcoon are 

very sickly accasioned by stagnant water. These townships 

will average about 100 families. Doctor Musson, the 

year before he died, booked $500 in Racoon. Galipollis 

has but one doctor, but I would not advise you to go 

there as I have known of three doctors to die there in the 

course of four years. Respectfully, 

Dr. John D. Bancroft M. Russell 

Huntsville, Otsego £9**5^************** 

Colesville 

Desr Sir, June 18, 1832. 

Of the enclose five dollars, I wish you to satisfy 

the note you hold against me and the remainder I wish to 

transmit to the Burman Fund. 

. -Dr. J.D.Bancroft 
1 ) 

Drs. McAllister and Grant. 


1331 - 1256-93 


Ad-9 


Know all men by these presents that I, John Birdsall, of 
the County of Otego, State of New York, am held and firm¬ 
ly bound to John 0. Birdsall. of the Town Of Oxford, 

County of Chenango, and Henry 0. Birdsall, of the Town 
of Huntsville and County of Otego, in the sum of two 
thousand dollars to the same John 0. Birdsall and Henry 
Birdsall their executors, administrators or assigns for 
the for the payment there of, I bind myself, my heirs, 
esecutors, administdators, firmly by these presents, 
sealed with my seal this second day of February in the 
years eighteen hundred and thirty one. 

Whereas, the aforesaid John 0. Birdsall hath this day 
excecuted his bond to the aforesaid John Birdsall 
conditioned to execute to the same John Birdsall his 
Heirs and assigns a good Warrantee Deed assuring against 
him the afaresaid John 0. Eirdsall, his heirs and assigns 
forever for all that part of Lot *1 im a platt surveyed 
for Peter Van Burgh, Livingston and others --- for a 
deed for which he, the said John 0. Birdsall hath this 
day received of Nathan Pearce. Now, therefor, the 
condition of the bond is that if the above bounden 
John Birdsall his heirs, executors or administrators 
will on the fulfilment of the aforesaid R— Bond acc¬ 
ording to the tenor therof and not otherwise, will excecute 
unto the said John @. Birdsall and Henry Birdsall tjeor 
heirs and assigns a good Warrantee Deed assurinmg against 
him, the said John Birdsall, his heirs and assigns for¬ 
ever all that piece or parcel of land now in the poss- 
ssion of the sforesaid, John Birdsall, lying in the 
Town of Huntsville, Coun ty of Otego,, State of New 
York, being a part of a large tract of twemty eight 
thousand acres of land patented to Alexander Wallace 
by letters patent having the date of the sixteenth 
day of June one thousand, seven hundred and seventy 

situated in the County of Otego,-distinguished by 

the lot number one hundred and forty four. 

signed by John Birdsall 1331 

Witnesses- Benjamin Shepherd 

Cythia Youmans 

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Colesville, Aug. 17, 1833 


Dear and Respected Friend, 

I this morning received yours of the 5th inst. 
and in truth was not only much oleased but also 
much gratified by its reception as well as its con¬ 
tents - It was a token of friendship which one does 
not receive every day = What, wright again? After 
our letter had been neglected and that to when no 
other reason but friendship can be assigned for 
writing - for this reason I forgive you that unkind 
expression "duly appreciate the disparity between 
yourself and me”. How unkind, but stop, I will not 
accuse you of unkindness but place that with the 
other ingenious provocations to answer you - which 
Sir, I am not so loath to do as you imagine - at the 
time of receiving yours altho much pleased with it - 
I could not answer it on account of press of business 
till the specified time of your stay at Remsun - 
& as you did not state when you might be found after 
that 1 could not direct one 

But now with pleasure to I embrace this opportunity 
to thank you for that and its contents & for the pres¬ 
ent - which though not so full from policy as I 
could have wished still contains information which 
gratifies me much - yes, very much - The information 
respecting yourself altho in a good measure to be 
inferred,"being couched in much modesty is pleasing 
and first in importance you acknowledged the influ¬ 
ence of the Holv Ghost in the conversion of the soul - 
This my friend is a great point 

Oh, that you may have its kindly influence operating 
upon you - all by its heavenly cower you are brought 
to see the holin - of God's law which all have 
transgessed the corruption of your own heart - 
Godly sorrow for sin & evangelical faith in that 
Saviour, who groaned and agonized in the garden, 
who suffered cruel mocking and scourging and the 
infamous death of the cross - that such vile un¬ 
grateful worms as we are, might not only excape 
from present woes and future shame but be at last 
made to partake of the joys of heaven - and the 
soul is of inestimable value. I hope my friend will 
not put off the P-reat and important work of repent¬ 
ance - let a portion of each day be devoted sacredly 
to meditation and reading of the scriptures - thus 
mav vou be directed to the Lamb of God, who taketh 
away the sin of the world - O'H eternity! eternity! 
who can think calmly on that Not having an interest 
in Jesus - Jesus that sweet name which takes away 
the barb of sin which deprives the"Grim Monster 



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Death" of his sting - which gives peace to the soul 
which ought to fill earth with shouts of gratitude 
& joy & does fill heaven with loud hallelujah - 
Again you say "On looking over my fourth annual 
temperance etc" I infer that you are a firm temp¬ 
erance man, a firm, an active, an efficient temp¬ 
erance man. Good I say - The thought of doing a 
good action will be its own reward & when we come 
to see things in the light of eternity, how gratify¬ 
ing will it be to know that such an one would have 
been a drunkard had it not been for the divine 
blessing on our feeble endeavors, and what an in¬ 
crease if possible of praise shall we ascribe to 
him who worketh in us for making us the instruments 
of good to our fellow creatures. But what an in¬ 
creased throb of anguish must that soul experience, 
who reflects back from the dark abodes of woe - 
upon the many times he has rejected the dictates of 
right reason and the holy spirit's prompting him to 
do good or abstain from evil, who has brought upon 
himself the woe, pronounced against him who putteth 
the cup to his neighbors lip. - Again you say, "I am 
as to bodily health emphatically well", may God of 
his tender mercies continue you so, if you can have 
a heart of gratitude to him for the blessing, so as 
to use it to his glory, the good of thy* fellow 
creatures & thy own. If not thou hadst better lose 
a rigBt hand or a right eye than miss the kingdom ' 
of heaven. 

But much you have omitted over in both of vour 
letters as it depicts yourself. - You did not state 
your business at Remsin, if I mistake not - and you 
did not tell me what are your present pursuits or 
prospects - If you will not deem it impertinent, 

I should like to know what they are, etc., etc. 

I see you have made some proficiency - go on - 
next to religion let the mind be cultivated do not 
let my mis steps in that respect, any more than in 
religion be your guide. 

Not far from the Inn that D. L. was killed - my 
horse - as I was returning home one evening ip my 
cutter, took to running and kicking - but through 
the protecting care of a kind providence I escaped 
unhurt - Whilst my former acquaintance and friend - 
was called to give up his final account - Oh that 
we may all be ready for we know not what hour the 
"Son’ of Man cometh". As to your brothers I do 
feel glad to hear what you say of them. If there 
if joy in heaven over one sinner* that repenteth 
ought there not to be on earth. And if one person 


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altho a stranger feels a degree of sympathetic 
pleasure in hearing of the escape of another from 
eminent danger how much more when it is an former 
acquaintance - especially the danger of falling 
into the pit where the worm dieth not and the fire 
is not quenched. 

But I must close by informing of my own estate - 
my health is good- my wife does not enjoy very good 
health, altho she keeps about and does our house¬ 
work and some spinning, etc. Our boy, Wm. Oscar - 
is tolerably hearty - as is a half brother of mine 
who lives with us - altho very sickly here last 
winter, this summer is remarkably healthv - so 
that I have time to do something on my farm - of 
about 80 acres - have been building a barn this 
summer and am about making repairs on the house, 
etc., etc. There is a small church with which my¬ 
self and my wife have united as with the temperance 
society, we live in peace with all - have many of 
the comforts of life - enjov each others society 
very much - strive to be thankful - and live in hope 
of a blessed immortality beyond the grave. 

Yours in the bonds of friendship, 

J. D. Bancroft 


to I. A. Pease 

N. B. I write you next to be so good as to mention 
more of my old neighbors. Eld. Burdic & wife have 
been to see us - also who were the harpy brides in 
the marriages referred to in yours? 





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West Leyden, Aug 3 1833 
(answered Aug 29, 1833) 


Dear and Worthy Friend, 

Again I attempt to get some information from you 
and family by epistleatary communication. Some 
time in Feb. last 1 wrote you desiring you to send 
me an answer in haste. I can truly say I was some¬ 
thing disappointed by not receiving an answer but 
as disappointments are become the lot of all man¬ 
kind 1 find myself under necessity to bear my part. 

I have since begun to think that you were bound 
down by the chains of the grim monster death or that 
you had forgotten that there was one in ,eydcn who 
cared for you. But on looking over my "Fourth Annual 
Temperance Reports" which I have this day been 
doing amon . the officers of the respective societies 
I find for president of Colesville Society, Broome 
County, John D. Bancroft. So that is I get no answer 
to this I shall conclude that you duly appreciate 
the disparity between yourself and me and feeling 
unwilling to gratify my desires have concluded to 
make no repl?/ - to the Scrowls and Bpistles I send you. 
But I beg of you to answer this if the reply come 
from mere provocation. 

So much for an introduction - now for the news - 
and in relation to this, I dare not promise to in¬ 
terest you much. But in relation to myself I can 

say to you that 1 am, as to my bodily health, em¬ 
phatically well - I have not seen so wet a season 

for three years before - In my other letter (which 

for ought 1 know you have now) I told you of the 
death of Doctor Stevens of Remsen Catwhich place 
I then lived. I also endeavored to mention other 
news - A great many marriages have graced our 
immediate vicinity within a few months. Among 
them are Mr. Felshane ( which of course suggests 
the idea that he had lost his first wife - My bro¬ 
ther Alpheus and Charles - together with Doct. 

Porter who has lately moved and located himself here, 
all these with numerous others have stood before 
the alt~r of Hymen. And among the news which might 
almost be termed ludicrous I am privileged with 
relating some that will make thy heart glad. As 
such as will produce real pleasure - Among the 
numerous blessings Providence has bestowed on us 
prg-pfirally may also be mentioned — the conversion o± 
some souls. This to me seemed truly a miracle. 


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And 1 feel constrained to say that in my opinion 
God the Holy Spirit is made manifest in the conversion 
of sinners. Among: those who have experienced re¬ 
ligion in this place are Alpheus, Isaac, Rowley 
and John Smith. And attho at present Religion in 
this place is wanting for energetic votaries, I 
belie”® in sincerity that Alpheus has chosen the 
better part for behold he prayeth. 


I have remained all the time unurofited - not 
a right desire for religion - I almost begin to 
think it must be* said of me "Ephraim is joined to 
his idols - let him alone". But it begins to be 
too dark to write - Excuse the whole of this with 
its imperfections. And if you have an idea that I 
have hunteduupon you would like to know make inquiry 
I will inform you. And now by all you hold sacred 
in regard to promise to answer immediatelv - Dir¬ 
ect to West Leyden. 


And believe me to remain, 
and well wisher 


Sir, thy sincere friend 
Jonathan A. Pease 


John D. Bancroft 




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Colesville 
May 10, 1833. 

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Dear Parents, 

« 

We have been anxious to have you come,-• 

I need my mare here and Leon needs his summer clothes. 

Laura wishes to go to Huntsville,-, but does not wish to 

be absebt when you'come down. It is impossible to know 
what one can do. 

Our health at present is good. Enos Leonard (these 
are half brothers of J.D.B. apparently staying with them) 

enjoys himself well - he intends to stay - wants a new ax 

and hoe - which I cannotget for him until I know whether 

he stays longer than this summer. He wishes to visit you 

but not to stay. We do not expect to be able to come to 

Sangervield this season. 

Our duty to tou, and love to the children and compli¬ 
ments to enquiring friends. 

J. D. Bancroft 
Laura B. Bancroft. 

Dr. David Bancroft. 

Sangerfield 

( J.D.B. is now living in rural Colesville, farmong and 
reentering the practice of medicine. He is keeping some 
of his younger hald brothers. So far as we know this is 
the only time he addressed his father as Doctor. On account 
of consumption his father had not prqcticed since 1808 
25 years before. Semi invalis he was trying to support 

his second family by teaching school and farming. P.M.B.) 

***************** 

1836 Real estate transfer 

J.D.B. bought farm from Obiah P*-for $400. 00 and sold 

- (This may be a land speculation otherthan the 

for 4 >o00.00 p Urc hase of the Picket farm, for he made a for¬ 
tune buying and selling land. P.M.B.) 


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Dr. J.D.Bancrofts payments to the state of Conn, on 
the Picket farm 


1833. 

Jan 5 

$25.70 


July 19 

70.00 


Oct 9 

17.00 

183^ 

May 19 

40,00 

1835 

Jum 18 

22.21 


Dec 3 

16.97' 

1836 

Sep 

10.00 


He was decidedly delinquent. He had contracted to pay 
$100.00 a year. P.M.B. 



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Greetings. 

We, of the University of New York, Chancellor, Vice- 
Chancellor and Reg ents by this decree wish it pro¬ 
claimed that Nathan S. Davis has proved himself and his 
art in medical affairs to our professors in the Col¬ 
lege of Medicine and Surgery, which is Fairfield 
has been recommended for the highest honor in medicine, 
the doctoral degree. And to him has been granted the 
most liberal authority in the world to read, teach, and 
practice with all other privileges, exemptions and rights, 
which here or elsewhere, are customarily 'granted 

to those carrying out doctoral duties. For this reason 
in order that his competence may be recognized, the 
seal of the University having been added, we have affix¬ 
ed our signatures, in Albany in the sixty-first year of 
the State, in the year 1837. on the thrity-first day 
of January. 

Westel Willoughby M.D., President & Prof, of Obstetrics. 

Hadley, M.D. Prof. Chemistry & Pharacology. 

■> 

Romeyn Beck M.D. Materia Medica & Forensic Medicine. 

De LaMater, M.D. Prof. Theory and Practice. 

R.D,Mussey, M.D. Prof. Surgery and Obstetris. 


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. . , Febr 5, 1340 

Minutes and Results of an advisor Council convened with Ad-21 
the £irst Baptist Church of Green,= 

The ^Council was composed of the following Pastors and bretheren 
as delegates.= 

From Chan^ngo Assoc.Eldeh Nathan Church 

Poventry Church. Oliver Patker, Harry Gilmore, J.L.Turner. 
Coventry and Greene David Chandler, Lile Betts. 

Oxfor and Greene Elder Caleb Bush, Warren Betts, Wheaton Race. 
Triangle Eld. J.C. Hulburt, Robert Tenent. 

Triangle 2nd Eld D.W.Litchfield, Samuel Walton, David Boughton 
Greene Eld. Horace Kelsey.. 

Centrs 1 Greene Chauncey Darby, Artemus Haynes, David borbin. 

The meeting was called to order and prayer offered by brother 
P.B.geck. 

The ouncil organized by appointing Br. P.B.Peck moderator 
and C. Darby.Clerk. 

The object of the meeting was then stated by the moderator and 
a copy of a letter addressed to Bro. J.Miller informing him 
of the appointment and object of this meeting, was then read 
and also Bro. J.Miller answered to said letter, in which he 
cheerfully concured in the appointment and object of of this 
meeting was read. The object of which meeting was>to enquire 
into the course pursued by Eld. J. Miller and to give bretheren 
who came in contact with him and his influence such advice as 
should be proper. Bro. Miller requested the privilage of 
objecting to the council as the organization. Moved and passed 
that his request should be waved. Moved and carried that some 
charges in the hands of the moderator against Eld. Miller should 
be read. Charge that he n criminates n theChenango Association as 
a body. Testimony was then called for = 

1. The following statement was made in a letter by Elder Miller 
was then^presented = to wit =That Eld. Hendrick ^s not afraid 
of a combination of Priests nor the Papal See of Chenango" 

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2. (Bro H. Kelsey witness) Said Brother Miller stated in his 
presence that if he wanted to lie and cheat and be s pported 
by the Baptist .Denomination he would go ':nto the Chenango 
Association• 

3. (Bro Miller replied )Said that Kelsey T s statement wss true 
but that he had individuals in view. Said he had individual 
ministers in view in that letter. 

II Charge That hie” criminated"bretheren in the ministry and 
private in good standing in our churches. 

Testimony (Bro. H. Kelsey, witness) Sadd that he heard Eld. 
Miller say that Eld. Leven was requested to attend a protracted 
meeting at Owego and v/ould not until he could have the promis e 
of a certain sum of money, and also that he represented Eld. 
Seven and 'Eld. Parker as being partial in the Smithville 
affair and not deciding correctly. 

Eld. Miller acknowledge the charge 

Eld. Kelsey said he heard Eld. Miller say that Eld. David 
Leavh had been proved to be a liar and yet was upheld ^and he 
could prove that Eld. D.'W. Litchfield was a lair and and also 
that Bro John Carp enter, Samuel Carpenter, Deac. Allen Newton 
and Samuel Walton were liars. 

Eld. Miller acknowledged the charge in refer nee to Elds. 


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Leach, , Lirchfield and also Bro. J and L. Carpo enter. Said 
he would believe Bro A. Newton under some circumstances and 
under some he would not. 

Elder Miller requested to prove what Bro, J. Carpenter T s 
character was. 

Adjourned to meet in the eve 

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Metpursuant to adjourment. Prayer by Bro*Hulburt, 

Moved and carried to wave Bro, Millers request to prove 
what was Bro Carpenters character. 

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Bro Teft Witness, Said he heard Eld. Miller say (after 
seeing him drink wine with drunkards)that Eld. Knapp lied and 
he could prove it. 

III Charge = that he lends his influence to hinder the admin= 
istration of the gospel by others. 

(Bro. P.B.Witness) Said that Bro. Miller told him that if Eld 
Root received and accepted a call from the church of Nichols 
corner he would leave the ground immediately but after Eld 
Root had received and accepted said call he persisted in 
going there his entrieties to the contrary not withstanding. 

( C. Darby witness) Said, while holding a series of evening 
meetings in the bounds of his own church that Elder Miller 
interupted that course of meeting by sending appointments to 
preach himself in this same house until he felt it duty for 
the good of the cause to discontinue the meetings. 

(Bro. H. Kelsey witness) Said he attended the meetings refered 
to By Bro • Darby and that his statements are correct. 

(chandler ^ummins Witness )Said he heard Mr. Lift, who invited 
Elder Miller to preach in the meighborhood, say that he was 
going to get up an opposition meeting. 

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Moved that the Council retire for consultation, after which 
the following resolution was adopted. 


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GREETING TO THE READER 


Nos, ur.iversitatis reipublicae Novi Eboraci, Cancellarius, Vice 


We, of the state university of New York, chancellor, vice-chancellor, 


cancellarius, uterique ne^entec hoc scripto testatum volumui 


and other regents by this decree wish it proclaimed that Nathan S. 


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common university having been added, we have affixed our signatures 

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Address Delivered before the Young Mens ^ssociption of 
the City of Toledo Dec. 31 1841. Ohio. 

Flder John 0. Birdsall, Pisfrep. 
brother of Laura (Birdsall) Bancroft wife of J. D. Bancroft 

It is with peculiar pleasure I avail myself of this opp¬ 
ortunity to address the young men of this city. My eynpathf- 
ies are with the young. The many ects of courtesy from the 
young men to Toledo have secured ray special regard. The ob¬ 
ject of your association is very laudable. The social feel¬ 
ing especially strong in youth. How much mo e manly to br¬ 
ing this powerful impulse of you nature to the aid of lit¬ 
erature and make it subservient to our mutual improvement. 

Rather than to mingle in lig v t and frivilous associations 
of doubtful or positively deteriorating tendency. 

The acquisition of truth is a noble object most worthy 
of the vigorous pursuit of manly youth. 

The question suggested by the Roman Governor of a Jew¬ 
ish province to the pronhet of Nasereth, then a prisoner be¬ 
fore his tribunal, M What is truth” is one of abiding inter¬ 
est. In the acquisition of truth the aid of society is es¬ 
pecially valuakle. How diminished would be our attainments 
were we left solely dependent upon our unaided researches 
and investigations. How limited would be our geographical 
knowledge. 

What would we know of history. Perhaps we should be 
surprised by a careful analysis of our at tainments to see 
the large amount we have received on trust as already sugg- 
ested all our historical knowledge is acquired from the 
testimony of others. Much of our geographical knowledge 
is discovered from the same source. The Physician proceeds 
in the compoditior.s of his medicines end in the treatment 
of disease with the most implicit reliance in the testimony 
of his books. 

The learned jurist forme his decision of the merits 
of a leg»l question on the inclicit faith which he excer- 
sizeB in the testimony of those who have the numerous jud¬ 
icial decisions of which ho has no personal knowledge and 
of the fidelity of which he carnot obtain methema'ical 
demonstration. 

The Christian., with calm security, res + s his weighty 
interests for an enduring existance, upon the assurance 
which he possesses of the fidelity of t*ose who have at + - 
ested the facts which form the basis of his faith. Of 
their truth, from his personal observation, he has had 
and can have knowledge. 

Our theme this evening is that the credibility of those 
witnesses who ha^ve attested of the facts embraced in the 
Christian faith, is established. 

We Bueek not hnw of the theory of the duties of our 
faith. If the facts embraced are substatie + ed the theory 
is confirmed and the duties obligatory. 


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Birdssll page 2 

The law of evidence ie an interesting study. To know 
when to 'believe and when to disbelieve is most important. 
Without some settled end connected principles to guid is 
in the reception of te*ti many weare liable to constant im¬ 
position or injury. Perhaps perfection has never been 
more than nearly attained in any human assignment than in 
the establishment of those principles of evidence which 
govern our judicial tribunals. 

If upon examination we find those circumstances com¬ 
bined in reference to this testi irony of the Christian wit¬ 
nesses. which according to established principles of civil 
jurisprudence, would render testimony acceptable in a c^se 
involving the highest pecumiary interests or the more weigh¬ 
ty considerations of charcter end life, the result will be 
most favorable to the stability of those truths on which 
we are privileged to base our final hopes. 

The credit due to the test! iony of witnesses depends 
upon; first,their honesty; second, treir ability; thirdly; 
the number end consistency of their testimony; fourthly, 
the conformity of their testimony to experience;and fifthly, 
the coincidence of their testimony will Collaterel circum¬ 
stances. Vide. Vol 1, p 4?9 Phila. 2nd. 

Christianity asks not a blind but an enlightened cre¬ 
dence. The sys em and the attesta + io^s of i + s truth invite 
the test of vs&r apnrach and strict examination. Religion 
does not enshroud herself in vestment? of ghostly sanctity 
and cry ( Procup 0 procutoste prof»ri") to deter the candid 
enquiries from the investigation of her claims. The author 
of our faith when his astonished desci^le doubted the fidel¬ 
ity of their vision when they s p w hij after his restriction 
invited their close scrutiny. "Handle me" he said "and see" 
Impressed were the witnesses w v o had left us their solemn 
testimony in favor of the facts of Christianity. Honest 
men? By the common coBsent of friends and enemies their 
integrity is unimpeachable. The most disting ished infidel 
writers haveoborn unequitable testimorly to fithe untarnished 
morality of Christ and his immediate discinles. There is 
an entire absence in their history of all indices which can 
be supposed to govern all imposters. Bid they 9 eek wealth? 
It was at the top of all worldly interest that they maint¬ 
ained their fidelity to their Lord. Bid they seek worldly 
distinction? They were accounted as the offscouring of 
all things. Bid they seek ease? The had a life of toil, 
^ould they as imposters be swayed by a visionary prospect 
of imperishable reward in a future world? Imposters are 
went to secure for themselves something more tangible than 
the realization of their wild chemesis. And according to 
the Christian system its Fculse abettors would ort their 
own principlew, but have secured their own perdition, in a 
coming world, by their duplicity. Most of the immediate 
witnesses of the facts of Chrinianity persisted unto their 
testimony unto death. They confirmed their testimony with 
their blood when on abjuration of their errors, were their 
statement erroneous, but only have secured their lives but e 
secured to them the gsins which imposters seek. The spirit 
which offered the large rewards to suborn the soldiers which 


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the grave of Jesus would heve "beer, lavish of it? rewards 
upon one whos disclosures could have at once exploded the 
entire dfelusion. It is cheerfully conceded that martyrdom 
does not establish the truth of a system in attestation 
of which it may chance to be endured. Bu + it does prove 
in all ordinary cases beyond the shadow of a doubt the 
entire since^ety of the martyr. The hon^-ty of the wit¬ 
ness is the poirt we a^e canvassing. That the sufferers 
died in confirmation of their testimony is proof as strong 
as Holy Writ, tha -1 - they were honest. And if imposters, 
they most have been moral monsters. Themselves the worst 
of men, actuated by the basest motives end yet they have 
originated a system of faultless beauty and perfect exelence. 
In the language of the infidel, Bolingfroke, M It is one of 
the most benevolent tha+ has ever been imposed upon man 
kind for their good.” Judaeus cicdat. 

Lastly on this point, I remark, their memories were 
were faithful, leaving entirely out of the question the 
promised aid of the spirit of inspiration, testing the 
claims of the Christian witnesses to credence on the seme 
grounds as the witnesses of any historical fact their can 
be no doubt of the fidelity of their memories. The 
prominant facts which they narate were calculated to make 
an indelible impression upon their minds. Were the fact 
of Eis agony, Eis death, His reserection such as would 
likely be effaced from the memories of those who s r v his 
tears end blood and were eye witnesses of his GloryT The 
impressions of religious truth under ordinary circumstpnees 
are more indelible than all others. Tou doubtless remember 
the anecdote of the aaed Christian from who's shattered mind 
had faded the remembrance of his former life. In vain was 
the effort of his friends to recall to~his remembrance- 
some event of his history. The name of hie wife and child¬ 
ren and his own name were prnounced in his hearing. They 
were barbarous sounds to his vacant mind. At length the 
name of Jesus was pronounced. Instantly his countenance 
became radiart. with e h r aver.ly smile. "I do, he sFid,”re- 
member that precious name. He is the redeemer of my soul." 

As to the number of witnesses all will agree i + is 
amply sufficient. From the days of Moses it has been an 
admitted law of evidence that the testimony of two unim¬ 
peachable men is true. In the Hew Testament we have the 
recorded testiment of eight witnesses as above suspicion o 
dishonesty and abundantly competent to judge of the 
facts of which they testify. Not withstanding the requi¬ 
sition in imporftnt cases of two witnesses that in point of 
fact the testimony of one in whom we place the fullest con¬ 
fidence is adequate to assure conviction of the truth of 
his statements. Especially is this true when our confidence 
ig not weakened by conflicting testimony. And where is the 
testimony conflicting with the truthfulness of the Christ¬ 
ian witnesses? In the relation of substantial facts con¬ 
cerning the life and death of our lord under Pontius Filate 
as a well known and indegputable fact. Kis resuraction is 


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debied by hie enemies. But it is bare denial uneub it antiate d 
by even the semblance of proof. All tha A has even been add¬ 
uced in the shape of counter teatiwny ie the flimsy story 
put in the mouth of the soldiers who wetched the sepulchre 
thet the body was stolen While they slept. If we credit the 
statement that they slept, their testimony cannot conflict 
with those who affirm his reeurection. For how can they 
testify of what occured during their sleep, and if they 
testify falsely in this point, they are unworthy of the least 
confidence in their remaining testimony. Instead then, of 
one witness, we have eight unimpeachable, uncontrauict 
eye witnesses of the truths of the Christian faith. Their 
testimony is concordant. We do not mean by this that there 
is no circumstantial variety in the testimony of these men. 
Were this the fact it would look more like collusion. In 
substantial facts they perfectly agree. In circumstantial 
variations there are enough arparent but reconcilable dis¬ 
crepancies to show, tha 1 - each like an honest man, told Mr 
story in his own way. But he-<-e arises the strong infidel 
objection. “Their testimony is contrary to experience”. 

”Kow can this be”. It is true that resurection of the dead 
has never occured under our observation. But we have not 
had experience even with death much less of the failure of 
Omnipotent Energies to reanimation £5 lifeless bodies. AM 
wha+ is there so incredible in the reserection of the dead? 

Is the reanimation of a lifeless body a work of greater e&e- 
ergy and profounder skill than the original structure of 
our bodies and their strange endowment of life? "Every 
thing new and wonderful, says Mr. Starkie, ie not to be 
construed as contrary to experience”. On this Principle 
were it admitted every new discovery in science, every 
strange indention in the mechanic arts mu~t be exploded as 
false in theory and deceptive in fact. Or the other hand 
it is conformable to all human experience tha 4 " honest men 
will speak the truth. It is contrary to all experience 
to suppose that the basest and most depraved of men in^ 
heart to be uniformly virtuous sM above reproach in their 
lives. And to suppose such men + to originate and propogate 
with unw^eried self denial a system of the sublimeet piety 
and the purest philanthropy is monstrous in the extreme. 
Above all to suppose that eight men in the absence of every 
earthly motive should fabricate a folsehood and persist 
through dangers and death in the averment of its truth re¬ 
quires a degree of credulousness of which no man is capable. 


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Earpursville, N.T. 

Dec. 22. 1841 

J.F.Bishop, 

Dear Brother and Sitter, 

Your letter caire to hand the 15th inst. farwarded 
fraem Hopewell so that you will he under the necessity of 
writing Hampersvilie more distict on your letters.lt came 
to hand with the Pr. Message. I was very anxious to read 
"both hut was under the necessity of deferring them on account 
of an urgent call and one call has succeeded another, which 
with a sick cow has prevented my answering your wish. And 
now with my wife sewing heside me, Oscar is shelling com for 
hi8 geese and turKeys on of which he desires to celebrate 
his little brothers birthday, who lies quietly in his little 
craddle you gave us, as uncounscious of the intended honor 
as the Emperor of the Celestial Empire is of the great honor 
the young Ptince of Wales Intended for him. Laura says it 
would be very pleasing to have you here to discuss a turkey with 
us. Are we not a happy family, or at least aught we not to be 
a happy family and surelyn we shall be, if we can have in add¬ 
ition to our present blessings, contentment - or perhaps more 
properly Resignation - for this I could think very essential 
to happiness in this life. We have no particulars of interest 
to write, are all in good health, arid our friends in Otego 
are the last we have heard from them except for Albert, 
after spending the summer very steady at work on the farm 

has a^ain become a rover,-• I was called off 

to make some eye water and therefore I am left without an 

associate and the idea, poor thing, is lost.-. I have 

heard or received a letter from the daughter of my half 
sister, Demarest, resideing inClavarack. She gives a very 
interesting account of my connexion there. We a re quite 
gnxious to make them visit there. But not having paid up my 
borrowed money is rather a damper on my wishes - so we shall 
po#6pone - We have the Baptist Library Tather irregularly - 
How do you like it? I notived something in our last Register 
from Elde r John 0. Birdsall - It made me think of the poor 
neglected Bretheren in London. 0 poor human nature. Vhen 
will the rich cease to oppress the poor? When will our leg¬ 
islators be consistent and make such laws as will enable 
the iadustrius poor to provide for themselves instead of laws 
to assist the rich in their oppressions. When will the bene¬ 
volent provide for the poor At home, instead of exhousting 

all their energies abroad? 


J.E.Bancroft. 


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Copy book #2 


March 18, 10h2 
Harpurs^ille, N.Y. 


Ber.net •*:, Backus ans Rawley. 

Sirs 

In the 1 apt number of v ol 18 you credit me with $^-.0C r or 
the Register and we have been looking for the Mother's Journal 
In vain. If there is any mistake please rectify 

Dr. John P. Bancroft 

April 1, 18L2 


Dear Sirs, 

My brother Enos L Bancroft, 19yrs, is wishing to pet into 
busrine«s peddling and spoke to me about applying to Phemys 
(Fhymmess) I thought I would first consult you and ascertain 
whether you a^e in the habit of employing pedlers end on what 
terms. 

D. John B. Bancroft. 

April 12, I8h2. 

Harpursville, N.Y. 

H.E.Phinney. 

Sirs, 

The bearer, Enos L Bancroft, my brother is wishing to pet 
in*c the bock peddling business and I have sufficient confidence 
in him to assist him, butas we a-"** b^th of us unacquainted with 
the business we shall be uncer the necessity of relying on you 
for necessary instruction and advice. I wish you to act at your 
descretion in the amount of bocks which it will be er-edi^rt for 
him to commerce with. And the selection of those books which will 
find the most ready market. We will depend upon yourselves as he 
is young and just commence!rg in business for I could wish he 
would succeed in this his first attempt so that he may be induced t. 
to persevere for his and your benefit. 

I am youj;s, 

Dr. J hn D. Bancroft. 

Nov. 29, I8h2 
Har urgville, N.T. 

Light and Brown Co., 

Sirs, 

The bearer E. L.Bancroft is wishinp to pet into peddlina books. 

As I have understood you '-'ere wishinp- some one to drive you r 

team end as I am acquainted with hi4 — . I ha-’e confidence in re- 
commendinp him ac well quslified to answer your wishes, He has foll¬ 
owed the business of reddling and has drive**' my team and others and 
pave pood gntisfac+ion and appeals to be pretty well acquainted with 
the management of horees having ’bee r a £ood deal enrrloyed pbou + them. 


Dr. John D. Bancroft 


PROTEST AGAINST MASONRY 


The First Baptist church in Colesville 
N.Y., were startled some time since on, 
finding that their acting pastor was a 
freemason, after which resolutions re¬ 
questing any brethren, who might be con¬ 
nected with the order, to withdraw from 
such associations, were laid before the 
church, but failed to pass. The ag¬ 
grieved party then drew up a protest, but 
as the church refuse to hear it or allow 
the subject to be discussed, they have 
forwarded it to the Baptist, with a request 
that we would lay as much of it before 
the public as we think proper, 

Reasons why Christians should not be 
Adhering Masons , to wit ; 

That the institution is worldly and 
carnal, and embraces such principles and 
practices, and is composed of such mem¬ 
bership as to mar the spiritual growth, 
character and standing of all members of 
Christian churches and destroy the peace 
of Zion, being antichristian in its doc¬ 
trines and sentiments. 

It is antichristian in that it has no Sa¬ 
vior, no atonement for sin, no repentance 
toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus 
Christ, no Holy Spirit, no regeneration 
and sanctification by the righteousness 
of Christ, and no doctrine of the Trinity, 

On the contrary, its doctrine and princi¬ 
ples are in uniwon with the carnal heart. 
They are deistical, for in their quotations 
from the New Testament they carefully 
exclude the name of Christ, with other 
alterations which pervert the divine ora¬ 
cles; for example, in quoting 2 Thes., 3* 

6, "Now we command you brethren, in the 
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that 
ye withdraw yourselves from every bro¬ 
ther that walketh disorderly and not af¬ 
ter the tradition which he received of 
us, w masons omit "in the name of our 
Lord Jesus Christ," and change "he" 
into ye. In 1st Peter 2d chapter, "Je¬ 
sus Christ" is omitted, and they are ex¬ 
horted to build themselves up, but not 
by the "Spirit," ignoring the HOLY Spi¬ 
rit, as well as Jesus Christ. Again, "Un¬ 
to you, therefore, which believe he is pre¬ 
cious, but to them which be disobedient, 
the stone which the builders disallowed 
the same is made the head of the cor¬ 
ner." Masonic version, "Unto you there¬ 
fore which believe, it is an honor, and 
even to them which be disobedient, the 







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stone which the builders disallowed the 
same is made the head of the comer," Is 
not this blasphemy? Note also that 
their prayers have not the name of Christ 
or Holy Spirit, What blasphemy to ap¬ 
ply the ?th chapter of Hebrews to their 
high priest, whereas the Holy Spirit ap¬ 
plied it to Christ, who alone was made a 
priest forever after the order of Melchisi- 
dechl 

Thus masonry perverts the scriptures, 
converts them to unholy purposes, ex¬ 
punges the name of Jesus from them, 
does not address God in the name of the 
Son, attempts to imitate a high priest of 
God, and still they claim that their sys¬ 
tem embraces all that is necessary to take 
men to heaven. Is it not mocking God 
to dedicate lodges to the great Jehovah? 
or to St. John? But this is of a piece 
with their pretended origin at the build¬ 
ing of the temple. Their first three de¬ 
grees are predicated on the pretended 
slaying of Hiram, the Tyrian, which, up¬ 
on the face of it, is a bald lie, for the 
scriptures say, 1st King, 7:40, "So Hi¬ 
ram made an end of doing all the work. 

. . . for the house of the Lord.” Also, 

2 Chron. 4:11, “And Hiram made the 
pots and the shovels, and the bowls or 
basins. And Hiram finished the work 
which he was to make. . . . for the 
house of God.” Of course he was not 
killed, as masons say, by three ruffians 
to obtain the master's word, neither was 
he raised from the grave as they pretend, 
for that would make Solomon to have 
been a greater fool than modem masons, 
whereas the Bible describes him as wise. 

But the process of initiation into its 
mysteries, the administration of an oath 
of secrecy under the penal sanction of 
death, and everything essential to the 
existence of the institution, are of heath¬ 
en origin. In fact, we believe it to be 
demon-worship,,the counterpart of the 
worship of the Canaanites, whom God 
destroyed. There can be but two wor¬ 
ships, that which Christ established, and 
that of the devil. 

These, with many other reasons which 
we cannot now refer to, have induced us 
to take this stand, and we believe we are 
not only conscientious, but have an en¬ 
lightened conscience, and should not be 
doing our duty to the church, especially 
to our young brethren, or the cause of 
Christ, did we shrink from this unpleas¬ 
ant duty. 

J. D. Bancroft, 

and others. 


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Index to Volume I part I 

Introduction- Pag 

The Old Harpursville Home- 1 

The Bancroft Memorabilia - 2 

Three warnings- 3 

Dr. Purinto previous owner of Bancroft Home - 5 

English' Origins of the Bancrofts - 

Ancient Schoolmaster of Albany - 3 

Bancroft Coat of Arms- 10 

Bancroft Name- 11 

Bancrofts Notable and Notorious - 13 

Farmer Doctors of the Frontier - 15 

Relics from the Past- 22 

Acknowledgments - 32 

Section One - Geneology 

Table of Geneological Charts--- 35 

Diagram of the Direct line from i homas (i) 


All the descendants of Thomas (1) by first name, alphabetically 
arranged, birth, chart, father, & marital partner 
Index to Collateral families, birth, chart, father & partner 
Colonial Bancrofts, charts 1,2,3,4,5,6 (our line) 

Bancrofts of the Westward treck (our line) 7,3,9,10,11 
1 Helen "Pet" 0 T Hara wife of Rev. W.D.Bancroft 12,13 
1 Clsrk H. Bancroft 14 

Bancrofts of the 20th. Century 15, 27 
] Hobart 15,25,27 

1 Pauline 16 

Paul 13, 19, 27,29,30, 

Dorothy 20, 21 
I Marian 22 

I Catharine 23 

} Elmore 24 

I Eleanore 25, 26 

£ Mary Catharine 27 

«} John Morgan 27,35,36,3$ 

«J Robert 29 

1 Col. Wm. H.29, 32b, 34 
John David 32b,33,34 
( Paul Doughlas 35 

> Barbara Jo 36 

Nancy Marie 3$ 

Co-lateral Families - see index of these families, above 
Oothoudts 46, 47, 4$, 49 
Birdsalls 51, to 165 
Martins 192 to 204 

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Action Two, Pictures and Maps 
1 

action Three, Bancroft papers Typed copies 

1 John and Jane Bancroft, the "Small Poet" Thomas, - 

Controversial Epitaph - 

■ Grave of Leut. Thomas- r- - 

Wives of Thomas (1) - 

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Earth Quake-1755” Nov.. 17 

Dedham Covenant - - 

John and Jane, Jane disturbs the Peace-- 

Roll of David (1) in the Revolution- 1753-1773 — 

Report on Boston Pamphlet - 1773 - 

The Harpurs - 1761-1325 — 

Cookoose Line- 1776 - 

Early Settlers, Harpursville site - 1765 - 

Windsor Presbyterian Church - 1793-1376 — 

Letter, Captain John Demarest to wife- 1793 - 

Capt. Demarest T s last Voyage-1794- 

Mariner ! s Log of the Demarest Voyage- 1794 Dec. 10 

New York Harbor Masters record Captains Vessel — 1793 - 

State Appropriation for Education - 1795 - 

Early Dutch School Master in Introduction, p 3 — 

Death of Hervey Birdsall-1301 Nov. 20 

Pumpkin Freshet & Lumbering - 1794 Aug. — 

Teacher Qualifications - 1300 Jan. 1 

Real Estate Transfers - 1304-5-21 — 

Dr. David III Bancroft, account book for tavern - 1307 - 

Vermont lands purchased by Dr. David III - 1793 Oct. 4 

Confession of Faith, Harvey Bancroft (6) - 1795 - 

L. Pangar to Dr. David Bancroft- 1307 Mar. 21 

Retail Prices, Harpur T s Store- 1795-1610 — 

David III, concern for son, refuses indenture - 1303 - 

U.S.Patent on Bee Hive, Signature of Pres. Adams- - 

Oothoudt Annuity, sett;ement - 1303 - 

Home made school books-1314- 

John & Mary Birdsall to daughter Susan-1314 Feb. 19 

Tacy Birdsall to her Sister-1314 Feb. 19 

"Good Advice"-1317- 

The marriage of Dr. David III to Lydia Robinson - 1311 Jan. 10 

David III, Esquire, Justice of the Peace - 1311 Jan. 10 

John D. Bancroft to "Honorable Grandmother - 1317 Feb. 2 

" " life from 1300 to 1317-1317 Jun. 15 

" " to half sister (Demarest) - 1317 Jun. 15 

" " to Henry 0.Demarest, half bro. - 1317 Jun. 15 

" " to Cousin-1317 Jul. 12 

Early School Houses-1315- 

Tacy Birdsall to Parents (John Birdsall) - 1317 Jul. 26 

Henry Sisson to Nathan Birdsall-1313 Apr. 10 

Susan Birdsall to "Honored Parents-1313 Aug. 10 

" " to Sister-1313 Sep. 10 

" " to Honored Parents-ISIS Sep. 12 

"Starry Heavens" Student Essay - 1319 - 

"Baptism"--1319 May- 

J.D.Bancroft to Honored Mother-1319 Sep. 1 

" to Cyrus W. Rpbinson-1319 Sep. 2 

Betty Chase Bancroft to David III & Lydia - 1320 Mar. 20 

" " " to Demarest (J.D.Bancroft — 1320 Mar. 20 

Melind (Crofut) Martin to "Sister in the Church"- 1320 Jun. 25 

" " " Diary Illiterate-1341 Aug, 23 

"Three Friends" - 1320 - 

"Reflections" - 1320 - 

"Friends of Morality and Religion - 1320 - 


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Harry Martin, itinerant Whip Salesman - 1321 

J. D.Bancroft »s School in Danube, N.Y. -1321 

Contract to teach in Danube-1322 

" ,T A Prayer, shortly after baptism - 1321 

tT " to Elder Joel Clark-1321 

Articles of Faith, Sangerfield Baptist - 1322 

Articles of Practice, West Leydon Baptist - 1322 

Confession of Faith, " " " - 1322 

Church Covenant, West Leydon - 1322 

A.F.Cadwell to J.D.Bancroft - 1322 

" t» 1323 

HenrynPearce to Parents-1324 

John Birdsall to Parents-1325 

Henry Sisson to Aunt, Mary Birdsall-1325 

Chloe M. Case to Aunt tT " -1325 

tt tr to Cousins-1325 

Mary Birdsall to Aunt-1325 

Song for Medical Graduates, Fairfield - 1327 

David & Cloey Houghton to Simon Sisson & wife -- 1326 

Horace Jones to John 0, Birdsall-1327 

Lbura' Birdsall f a Note or memory book-1327 

William H. Birdsall to Mrs. Betsey Beach - 1327 

Dr. Benjamin Ellis to Dr. John D. Bancroft - 1323 

»» " to " " -1323 

J« C.Harrison to Dr. J. D. Bancroft-1323 

Dr. B.G,Ellis to Dr. J.D.Bancroft-1323 

E.A.Potter to Dr. J.D.Bancroft-1323 

License to Practice, Dr. J.D.Bancroft - 1323 

Dr. B.G.Ellis to Dr. J.D.Bancroft-1323 

Abner Baum to Dr. J, D. Bancroft-1323 

Dr. B.G.Ellis to Dr. J.D.Bancroft-1323 

E.A.Potter, Med. student, to Dr. J.D.Bancroft — 1329 
Dr*~ David Bancroft III (6) to Dr. J.D.Bancroft- 1329 

Dr. B.G.Ellis to Dr. J.D.B, -1329 

Dr. B.G.Ellis to « -1329 

Diagram of the Brunonian prepared by Dr. J.D.B.- 1327 

Brunonian Theory from Med. Studeny notes of J.D.B- 

Dr. B.G.E; ; is to Dr. J.D.B. -1329 

Isaiah Nick Wilcox to Dr. J.D.B. -1329 

Dr. Benjamin F. Sanborn to Dr. J.D.B.-1329 

Dr. J.D.B. Case Report (Belknap) -1329 

Ti*act Society, West Leydon Church-1329 

Transfor of Church membefship-1830 

Love letter, Dr. J.D.B. to Laura Birdsall - 1829 

Case Report, Jeromia Howley - 1829 

Dr. Sanborn to Dr. J.D.B. -1829 

The misfortune of Trumn Culver, community respon 1829 

Case Report, O.B. -1829 

Dr. B.G.Ellis to Dr. J.D.B. -1829 

Case Report, Child, Purulent Ophthalmia - 1829 


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Case Report, Widow Bwlknap, continued from 151 - 

Dr. J.D.B. and wife to Parents - 

Dr. David III & Lydia to Dr. J.D.B. - 

Split in Baptist Church of Otego over preacher pay - 

Case Report (Julia Barnes)- 

Dr. J.D.B. admitted to Broome County Med. Soc. - 

Temperance Society, Colesville - 

Dr. J.D.B. to Dr, Grant, student debt - 

Reale^tate transfer (Picket farm?)- 

Dr. D vid III and Lydia Bancroft to Dr. J.D.B. - 

Dr. J^D.B. to Seth Beers (Picket Farm)- 

Lydia Bancroft to Dr, J.D.B. & wife - 

Members of Second Baptist of Otego - 

Dr. DAvid III to Dr. J.D.B. & wife - 

Dr.J.D.B. to Berthier Bancroft, half brother - 

Dr. J.D.B. to Dr. David II - 

George W. Sisson to Henry Birdsall - 

Dfy Qavid III & wife to Dr. J.D.B. & wife - 

Dr. J.D.B. to his father Dr. David II & Lydia - 

Laura, wife of Dr. J.D.B. to John Birdj?''^ fsther - 

Subscriptions- * - 

Dr. David and Lydia, his wife- ,-,D.B.- 

Laura Bancroft to her mother, Mary Bira/dl- 

it it to Parents- 

Dr. J.D.B. to Laura, his wife - 

Laura to her parents, John Birdsall - 

Samuel Sanford Martin to Mary, sister - 

Oscar (Wm, Oscar Bancroft) to cousin John Birdsall - 

School Dist. Annexation - 

Samuel Sanford Martin to Sister, Mary - 

Debra Lawtence to Laura, Mrs. J.D.B. - 

Ananias Freeman to Children, last words - 

Last words of Margaret Campbell, advice of M.C.Mart 
John 0. Birdsall to J.D.B. & wife (bro. of Laura) — 

0. Perry Bancroft to Dr. J.D.B., half brothers - 

Dr. J.D.B. to John Birdsall & wife - 

SAmuel Sanford Martin (Divinity student) toFatirpr- 

Maria Kelly tp Dr. J.D.B. - 

Death of Lucius Martin, skull fracture - 

Bishop John 0. Birdsall, Speech to Y.M.C.A fc —-- 

Dr. J.D.B. to Maria Williams (Anna Maria) - 

Identity of Anna Maria Williams - 

Subscription to Boston Med. Jour. - 

Anna Maria Williams to Dr. J.D.B. - 

Dr. J.D.B. to J.F.Bishop - 

Real estate, delinquent payments --- 

Reorganization of School Districts - 

Lois (Martin) Stevens to Phebe Martin, cousin - 


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J.D.B. an infqtuation with Emeline after Maria f s death 


Carlyne Canniff to Laura Birdsall - 1323 Nov.23 

E.A.Potter, med Student, to J.D.B.- 1329 Jan. 6 

J.D.B., med. student, to father (wild young men) — 1327 Nov. 4 

J.D^BS & Laura to Dr. David II and Lydia- 1329 Jan.23 

Dr. B.Sanborn tOiDr. J.D.B. search for practice - 1329 Sep. 1 

J.D.B. member of Oneida Co. Med. Soc, - 1330 May 11 


Opportunities for Practice in Ohio, M. Russell-J^D.B 1330 Jul.23 
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Letters and papers that came our attention too late to 
be included in the origins' lection. 

Table of contents - 


1. J.D.B. letter to Er . 

C. F. Canniff to M~ ara Birdsall. 

3 . E.AA. Potter to J. roft. 

3* J.D.B. to his fath 

4. J.D.B. to his father. 

5. J.D.B. to Tract Society. 

5. Misfortune of Truman Culver. 

5. Temperance Society. 

6. Dr. Sanborn to Dr. J.D.B. 

6. Case Report (Howley) 

7. Case Report (Pease) 

7. Dr. Sanborn to Dr. J.D.B. 

7. Commisicfners of Education 

7. J.D.B. certified as member of Oneida Co., Med. 
B. M. Russell to J.D.B. 

B. J.D.B. to McAllister re. studemt debt. 

9. John Birdsall regarding transfer of property. 


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Purchase of a farm. 

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Other Volumes of the 


BANCROFT PAPERS. 


1- Vol. 

II 

1851 - 1863 

2- Vol. 

III 

1864 - 1869 

3- Vol. 

IV 

1870 - 1877 

4- Vol. 

* 

V 

1878 - 1882 

5- Vol. 

VI 

1883 - 1890 

6- Vol. 

VII 

1891 - 1939 

7- Vol. 

VIII 

Diaries of Dr. J.D.Bancroft 1817 - 1839 



" " Wm. Oscar Bancroft 1842 - 1885 

8- Vol. 

IX 

Diaries ,of Ernest Bancroft 1874 - 1881 


Pages 1-52 


n Jennies Bancroft 1870 = 1881 

pages 53 - 188 

w Mary C. Bancroft 1862 - 1893 

pages 189 - 379 

9- Vol. X Diaries of Clora (Martin) Bancroft 1859 

pages 1-39 

n Malinda(Crofut) Martin 1793 - 1877 

pages 40 - #5 

" Rev. W f D.Bancroft 1877— 1912 

pages 88 - 231 

10- A Compendium of Childrens Literature from the Bancroft 
Homes, 

11- A Copy of the Day Books of Dr. J.D.Bancroft, Nos. l t 2 & 3 

12- A copy of the Account Book of Dr. J.D.Bancroft 

Index to this account book in Volume X of The Papers. 










































































































































































































































































































































































































